Assistance program
Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge
-$3.2 Million committed in FY2018–FY2019
- Agency
- Education, Department of, Education, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 84.412
- What it does
- To improve the quality of early childhood programs and to close the achievement gap for high-need children. The RTT-ELC grant competition focuses on improving early learning and development programs for young children by supporting States' efforts to: (1) increase the number and percentage of low-income and disadvantaged children in each age group of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who are enrolled in high-quality early learning programs; (2) design and implement an integrated system of high-quality early learning programs and services; and (3) ensure that any use of assessments conforms with the recommendations of the National Research Council's reports on early childhood.
- Who benefits
- Infants, preschool children
- Who applies
- States. Contact the program office for additional eligibility criteria.
- Authorized by
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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