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- What is the purpose of the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program?
- Who is eligible to apply for a CCAMPIS grant in the FY 2023 competition? 
- What kinds of activities can be supported with grant funds?
- How often are competitions generally held?
- What is the duration of the average grant?
- What is the average annual grant amount?
- What is the maximum award amount in the FY 2023 competition?
- Are there any priorities in the FY 2023 competition?
- Is there a cost matching requirement? 
- What are the reporting requirements for grantees? What kind of records and data should be maintained or collected in order to complete required reports?
- What are the requirements for auditing and/or evaluation of funded projects?
- Are there program-wide performance measures?
- What are a few concrete examples of allowable activities?

The purpose of CCAMPIS is to support the participation of low-income student parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services. 

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Institutions of higher education that awarded a total of $250,000 or more of Federal Pell Grant funds during FY 2022 to students enrolled at the institution.

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Funds must be used to support or establish campus-based child care programs primarily serving the needs of low-income students enrolled in an institution. CCAMPIS Program funds may be used either to directly provide child care services or contract for the provision of child care services. Grants may also be used for before- and/or after-school services.

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Competitions for new grant awards are generally held annually, pending Congressional appropriations.

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CCAMPIS grants are made for four-year grant award cycles.

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The FY 2022 average annual grant award amount was $273,221.

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The maximum annual award amount is $500,000 or the amount equivalent to the product of $100 multiplied by the institution’s total number of Pell Grant recipients in FY 2022, whichever amount is greater.

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The FY 2023 competition has six priorities: two absolute priorities, one competitive preference priority and three invitational priorities. The competitive preference priority is Strengthening Cross-Agency Coordination and Community Engagement to Advance Systemic Change.  Applicants are encouraged to design projects that take a systemic evidence-based approach to improving outcomes for underserved students in coordinating efforts with Federal, State, or local agencies, or community-based organizations that support students, to address child care. An applicant can receive up to 5 points for addressing the competitive preference priority.  The priorities can be found in the Notice Inviting Applications.

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There is no cost matching requirement for the CCAMPIS Program.

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All CCAMPIS grantees will be required to submit an annual performance report documenting the persistence and degree attainment of their participants. Because students may take different lengths of time to complete their degrees, multiple years of performance report data are needed to determine the degree completion rates of CCAMPIS Program participants. Grantees are required to provide the following data:- Institutional demographics
- Student demographics including:
Gender;
Ethnicity;
Pell enrollment status;
Low-income status;
Marital status;
Enrollment by the applicable educational schedule (semester,        quarters, terms);
Number of years taken to transfer or graduate;
Degree or certificate earned;
Students who transferred (two-year institution to a four-year        institution) and those who withdrew;
Number of children per student supported by the program;
Child care center (national) accreditation and (state) licensing        status;
Fee schedules used; and
Institutional and community resources and funding.

 TOP11. What are the requirements for auditing and/or evaluation of funded projects?
The CCAMPIS Program is governed by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315) (HEOA). There are no program-specific regulations; the program adheres to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99, as well as the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
 TOP12. Are there program-wide performance measures?
The success of the CCAMPIS Program will be measured by the postsecondary persistence and degree of completion rates of CCAMPIS Program participants who remain at the grantee institution.
 TOP13. What are a few concrete examples of allowable activities?
Subsidizing child care costs for low-income, Pell-eligible students enrolled at the grantee institution; providing child care via campus-based programs or by outsourcing within the community; and/or providing child care services before and/or after school.
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