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General overview about
the Early Learning Challenge Grant
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Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grant
Ohio Update on the Early Learning Challenge Grant
In August the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S.
Department of Education released the application and guidance for Race to
the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grants.
Ohio has the opportunity to access $70 million over the next four
years to advance high quality and comprehensive early childhood systems and
services. This is a unique opportunity for states to strategically leverage
this federal investment into practices and policies that can narrow the
achievement gap for all children, but particularly those considered “high
need” and participating in state or federally funded programs (including but
not limited to preschools in district operated programs, for profit and
non-profit center based child care, family child care programs, early
intervention, home visiting, head start/early head start, etc). The
executive summary and full application can be found at the U.S. Department
of Education website at
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-earlylearningchallenge/index.html.
Since the release of the final guidance the
Governor’s Office, in partnership with state agencies and the Ohio Business
Roundtable, has been leading the effort to develop the vision and priorities
for the grant. The Ohio
Department of Education will serve as the lead agency for the application.
We expect that whether Ohio’s grant application is funded or not,
this planning process will clearly define the outcomes and strategies that
the Kasich Administration intends to focus on in the future.
The deadline for feedback
to our survey was September 21. We are now working on reading and compiling
the responses. Thank you so much for participating!
General overview about
the Early Learning Challenge Grant
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