Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-being Research Center (TRC)

The Administration for Children and Families - OPRE is announcing the availability of funds for the Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-being Research Center (TRC). The TRC will support research, evaluation, and measurement of ACF-funded early childhood and family economic well-being programs that serve Native American communities. The primary goals of the TRC are to conduct relevant and actionable research, evaluation, and measurement of early childhood programs and family economic well-being initiatives in Native American communities, and to serve as a hub for information and peer exchange to promote this research, evaluation, and measurement. • The TRC program areas include child care programs, Head Start/Early Head Start center and home-based programs, and Tribal TANF. • The TRC's information sharing and research activities will be constructed with input from Tribal program administrators and providers, Tribal leaders, researchers, and federal staff from the TRC program areas. • The estimated funding per budget period is $1,000,000. • The project will have a 60-month project period, with five 12-month budget periods.