Are you passionate about helping students earn degrees in early childhood education? The Early Learning Division (ELD) invites you to complete an interest form for a Early Learning Higher Education Consortia Intergovernmental agreement (IGA). The deadline to submit an interest form is Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
This IGA opportunity is open to public universities, public colleges, Oregon’s nine federally recognized Tribes, and other governmental agencies. Applicants must be a governmental agency and the partnership must include the local Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agency and community college.
Funding for planning, expansion, and new implementation is available. Notice of intent to award will be shared by Friday, February 17, 2023. Funding for the IGA ends June 30, 2023. See below timeline for the IGA.
Interest form launch: Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Interest form deadline: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Application evaluation process start date: Friday, February 1, 2023
Notice of intent to award Notice by Friday, February 17, 2023
Intergovernmental agreements executed late February 2023
Work plan due: Monday, May 8, 2023
IGA contract closing date: Friday, June 30, 2023
The Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) will not be extended beyond June 30, 2023. Instead, there will be a Request for Applications (RFA) process for the fiscal year 2023-2025. The RFA is open to government agencies and private or public entities and non-profits. This means that following the IGA, the backbone agency can switch from a government agency to a different agency type if that best meets the needs of their community and partnerships. See below RFA timeline.
All will have to apply for the RFA, even if they have an agreement with the agency through the IGA. The requirement of an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with, at a minimum, a CCR&R and a community college will still be part of the RFA along with the encouragement for applicants to include other partners such as high school CTE programs and universities.
RFA launch: Friday, April 7, 2023
RFA application deadline: Monday, May 8, 2023
Application evaluation process start date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Notice of intent to award: Notice by Tuesday, May 16, 2023
RFA contract closing date: Monday, June 30, 2025
For more information, download the January 24 letter below and read the Frequently Asked Questions.
A: The application for a consortia should be for a full body of support for students attending a college so all partners together should submit a request with the college, CCR&R and the binding entity. The IGA is for funding through June 30, 2023 and a government agency is the only one that can apply, with those other entities as partners in the consortia. Many agreements in one regional area should be avoided and there can be only one IGA and one RFA per college. That college would partner with the various entities that would like to create a model of support. The RFA would be the same and would cover July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025, there should still only be one application per college partnership but a different agency could act as the backbone supporting reporting and billing to the ELD. One other clarification that it is possible to have one agreement with multiple colleges – it is just not possible to have multiple agreements with one college.
A: Yes, you can begin services prior to fall 2023. A correction has been made to the SmartSheet form to include options spring and summer 2023.
A: For the RFA there will be but for the IGA it was such a short turn around we were not able to set that up. Notes form conversations with interested parties are added to the FAQs for this project on the ELD website.
A: Yes, there is a space in the smart sheet interest form that will allow you to upload your MOU.
A: Yes, funding for new implementation is available with the IGA and RFA.
A: Implementation as part of the IGA can begin once a workplan is approved. IGA workplans can be submitted at any time after the IGA is established, but no later than the deadline on Monday, May 8, 2023.
A: IGA funding will be available late February. The exact date will depend on the procurement process.
A: The workplan must cover all questions asked in the interest form.
A: If you are interested in the RFA opportunity that will open in April, please register with OregonBuys: https://oregonbuys.gov/bso/ The RFA requires an OregonBuys account. OregonBuys will not be used for the IGA applications.
A: The funding will depend on how many RFA applications ELD receives. In the IGA interest form, ELD asks for an estimate. A very rough estimate for RFA funding could be $200,000 to $400,000 for the biennium of 2023 through 2025, but this amount could be more, or less, depending on the needs of the consortia.
A: A template is not available, however the MOU could cover the following:
A: Yes, the MOU is an agreement from the parties on their purpose, roles, responsibilities, and activities.
Contact Sidney Traen Sidney.Traen@ode.oregon.gov.
The Early Learning Kindergarten Readiness Partnership & Innovation Grant Program invests in promising models for connecting early learning and K-3 education across the state, and promotes community and school partnerships that result in measurable increases in children’s readiness for kindergarten.
The Grant Program is designed to establish scalable and replicable models for P-3 alignment at the local level, with a focus on shared professional development for early learning providers and kindergarten teachers, supporting successful transitions into kindergarten for all children, and engaging families as equal partners in children’s learning and development.
The Oregon Student Child Care Grant Program was established to assist parents enrolled in post-secondary education obtain safe, dependable care that supports their children’s development while allowing completion of the parent’s academic programs.
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