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1 Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) 

analysis of data from the U.S. Department of 

Education (September 2017), National Center for 

Education Statistics. National Postsecondary 

Student Aid Study and the Integrated 

Postsecondary Aid Survey (IPEDS). Retrieved from 

https://iwpr.org/iwpr-issues/student-parentsuccess-initiative/single-mothers-in-collegegrowing-enrollment-financial-challenges-and-thebenefits-of-attainment/. 

2Stewart, P. (2018). Campus Child Care Critical 

in Raising Single Mothers’ Graduation Rates. 

Diverse. https://diverseeducation.com/article/ 

117704/. 

3Belfield, C., and Brock, T. Behind the 

Enrollment Numbers: How COVID Has Changed 

Students’ Plans for Community College. CCRC, 

November 19, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2021. 

https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/easyblog/covidenrollment-community-college-plans.html. 

4St. Amour, M. Analysis: Low-income 

Community College Students Most Likely to Report 

Canceling College Plans. Inside Higher Ed. 

December 10, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2021. 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/10/ 

analysis-low-income-community-college-studentsmost-likely-report-canceling-college. 

5Belfield, C., and Brock, T. Behind the 

Enrollment Numbers: How COVID Has Changed 

Students’ Plans for Community College. CCRC. 

November 19, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2021. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Child 

Care Access Means Parents in School 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) is issuing a 

notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the 

Child Care Access Means Parents in 

School (CCAMPIS) Program, Assistance 

Listing Number 84.335A. This notice 

relates to the approved information 

collection under OMB control number 

1840–0737. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 3, 

2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 1, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 2, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768), and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tanisha Hamblin-Johnson, Ed.D., U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, Room 2C145, Washington, 

DC 20202–4260. Telephone: (202) 453– 

6090. Email: tanisha.johnson@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The CCAMPIS 

Program supports the participation of 

low-income parents in postsecondary 

education through the provision of 

campus-based child care services. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

absolute priorities and three invitational 

priorities. In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), the absolute priorities 

are from section 419N(d) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1070e(d). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2021, and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, 

these priorities are absolute priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider 

only applications that meet both 

priorities. These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1: Projects that are 

designed to leverage significant local or 

institutional resources, including inkind contributions, to support the 

activities assisted under section 419N of 

the HEA. 

Absolute Priority 2: Projects that are 

designed to utilize a sliding fee scale for 

child care services provided under 

section 419N of the HEA in order to 

support a high number of low-income 

parents pursuing postsecondary 

education at the institution. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2021, 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we 

do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1: Supporting 

Students Who Are Single Parents 

Background: According to the 

Institute for Women’s Policy Research 

(IWPR), there are nearly 2.1 million 

single mothers in college today, many of 

whom are women of color.1 These 

mothers face nearly insurmountable 

odds against finishing their degrees, 

even as many of them are pursuing 

higher education in order to lift their 

families out of poverty. Only eight 

percent of single mothers who start 

college earn an associate or bachelor’s 

degree within six years, compared with 

about half of women who are not 

mothers. 

The IWPR research also finds that 

supports, such as free child care, 

financial assistance, and social skills 

training, would allow more student 

parents to graduate. According to the 

IWPR, offering free child care to a single 

mother pursuing a bachelor’s degree 

improves success rates for community 

college students. Free child care may 

allow many student parents to finish 

school much quicker, meaning they 

would require fewer years of support 

and likely spend more years earning 

higher wages. Studies show that 

students who utilize a campus child 

care center had more than triple the rate 

of on-time completion than that of 

parents who did not use the center.2

Priority: 

Projects that propose to serve children 

of student-parents residing in a single 

parent home. An applicant should 

describe in its application how it will 

provide resources with institutional 

funds, in addition to child care 

assistance provided by CCAMPIS funds, 

that will enhance the student-parents’ 

educational, personal, and financial 

growth. 

Invitational Priority 2: Addressing Child 

Care Shortages Due to COVID 

Background: Researchers from the 

Community College Research Center at 

Teachers College of Columbia 

University analyzed data collected on a 

bi-weekly basis from the U.S. Census 

Bureau. The data were collected from 

August to mid-October 2020 to 

determine the impact the pandemic has 

had on college enrollment. The survey 

revealed that the pandemic has had a 

strong negative influence on community 

college enrollment. According to the 

authors of the survey, ‘‘as of October 

2020, more than 40% of households 

report that a prospective student is 

cancelling all plans for community 

college; another 15% are either taking 

fewer classes or switching programs.’’ 3

Another author writing on this topic 

notes that ‘‘community college students 

are cancelling their plans at more than 

twice the rate of four-year college 

students.’’ 4

Students list the Novel Coronavirus as 

being the main reason for cancelling 

their college enrollment plans. The 

numbers of college enrollment 

cancellations are largest in those 

demographic groups that have been 

impacted by the virus the hardest: Black 

and Latinx students and low-income 

households.5 These groups are the same 


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6St. Amour, M. Analysis: Low-income 

Community College Students Most Likely to Report 

Canceling College Plans. Inside Higher Ed. 

December 10, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2021. 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/10/ 

analysis-low-income-community-college-studentsmost-likely-report-canceling-college. 

7Malik, R., and Hamm, K. Mapping America’s 

Child Care Deserts. Center for American Progress. 

August 30, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2021. 

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/earlychildhood/reports/2017/08/30/437988/mappingamericas-child-care-deserts/. 

8Malik, R., and Hamm, K. Mapping America’s 

Child Care Deserts. Center for American Progress. 

August 30, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2021. 

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/earlychildhood/reports/2017/08/30/437988/mappingamericas-child-care-deserts/. 

9U.S. Department of Education/Federal Student 

Aid. (2020). 2018–2019 Award Year Grant Volume 

by School. https://studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/ 

fsawg/datacenter/library/grants-ay18-19-q4.xls. 

10CUNY ASAP Doubles Graduation Rates in New 

York and Ohio. MDRC. February 2021. Retrieved 

February 23, 2021. https://www.mdrc.org/ 

publication/cuny-asap-doubles-graduation-ratesnew-york-city-and-ohio. 

groups disproportionately served by 

community colleges. 

Another finding suggests that income 

security is a major contributing factor to 

who cancels their community college 

plans. Studies show that low-income 

households, specifically those led by a 

single parent, exit community college at 

a higher rate.6 This is likely attributable 

to job loss, reduction of hours, and the 

need to take care of children now 

attending school in a virtual 

environment. As the impact of the virus 

is felt by everyone, regardless of 

socioeconomic background, the number 

of persons needing child care has grown 

exponentially. While the need for, and 

new restrictions on, child care centers 

have grown, the slots and space 

available for child care has decreased, 

creating child care deserts in 

communities hardest hit by the virus.7

The Center for American Progress 

defines ‘‘child care deserts’’ as areas 

with little or no access to quality child 

care or a ZIP code with more than three 

children for every licensed child care 

center slot.8 Without viable child care 

options, student parents in child care 

deserts—the areas most impacted by the 

Novel Coronavirus—will continue to 

face significant challenges in reenrolling in community colleges. 

Priority: 

Projects that propose to increase the 

number of licensed, quality child care 

centers in areas most impacted by the 

Novel Coronavirus where underresourced community colleges are 

located, by, for example, utilizing 

unused classrooms on campus, working 

with community partners to create 

space in neighboring buildings, and 

hiring and training child care staff. 

Invitational Priority 3: Providing WrapAround Services for Low-Income 

Parents in Postsecondary Education 

Background: One educational barrier 

that reduces a student’s opportunity to 

enter, persist, and complete higher 

education is poverty. Students from 

low-income backgrounds are more 

likely to delay enrollment, enroll in 

college in a part-time status, or drop out. 

And while large numbers of underresourced students are attending 

college,9 many colleges and universities 

continue to struggle to address the total 

need of the under-resourced college 

student. Financial aid supports, like Pell 

Grants, provide important resources for 

under-resourced students to access 

college, but additional supports are 

needed to ensure students persist and 

complete. Studies in New York and 

Ohio, for example, show that 

comprehensive supports designed to 

help community college students stay 

enrolled and graduate have doubled 

three-year graduation rates for those 

students.10

Priority: 

Projects that propose to develop highimpact community engagement 

strategies and partner with community 

organizations in order to leverage 

institutional and community resources 

to provide wrap-around services (such 

as public benefits and additional 

financial aid to cover textbook costs, 

transportation costs, mental health 

services, faculty mentoring, tutoring, 

peer support groups, and emergency 

grants) that meet the whole need of lowincome parents in postsecondary 

education. 

Application Requirements: For FY 

2021 and any subsequent year in which 

we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, applicants must meet the 

following application requirements from 

section 419N of the HEA. 

(a) An institution of higher education 

desiring a grant under this competition 

must submit an application that— 

(1) Demonstrates that the institution is 

an eligible institution; 

(2) Specifies the amount of funds 

requested; 

(3) Demonstrates the need of lowincome students (as defined in this 

notice) at the institution for campusbased child care services by including 

in the application— 

(i) Information regarding student 

demographics; 

(ii) An assessment of child care 

capacity on or near campus; 

(iii) Information regarding the 

existence of waiting lists for existing 

child care; 

(iv) Information regarding additional 

needs created by concentrations of 

poverty or by geographic isolation; and 

(v) Other relevant data; 

(4) Contains a description of the 

activities to be assisted, including 

whether the grant funds will support an 

existing child care program or a new 

child care program; 

(5) Identifies the resources, including 

technical expertise and financial 

support, the institution will draw upon 

to support the child care program and 

the participation of low-income 

students in the program, such as 

accessing social services funding, using 

student activity fees to help pay the 

costs of child care, using resources 

obtained by meeting the needs of 

parents who are not low-income 

students, and accessing foundation, 

corporate, or other institutional support, 

and demonstrate that the use of the 

resources will not result in increases in 

student tuition; 

(6) Contains an assurance that the 

institution will meet the child care 

needs of low-income students through 

the provision of services, or through a 

contract for the provision of services; 

(7) Describes the extent to which the 

child care program will coordinate with 

the institution’s early childhood 

education curriculum, to the extent the 

curriculum is available, to meet the 

needs of the students in the early 

childhood education program at the 

institution, and the needs of the parents 

and children participating in the child 

care program assisted under the 

applicant’s project; 

(8) In the case of an institution 

seeking assistance for a new child care 

program— 

(i) Provides a timeline, covering the 

period from receipt of the grant through 

the provision of the child care services, 

delineating the specific steps the 

institution will take to achieve the goal 

of providing low-income students with 

child care services; 

(ii) Specifies any measures the 

institution will take to assist lowincome students with child care during 

the period before the institution 

provides child care services; and 

(iii) Includes a plan for identifying 

resources needed for the child care 

services, including space in which to 

provide child care services, and 

technical assistance, if necessary; 

(9) Contains an assurance that any 

child care facility assisted under this 

section will meet the applicable State or 

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certification, approval, or registration 

requirements; and 

(10) Contains a plan for any child care 

facility assisted under this program to 

become accredited within three years of 

the date the institution first receives 

assistance under this program. 

Definitions: The definition of ‘‘lowincome student’’ and ‘‘early childhood 

education program’’ are from sections 

419N and 103 (20 U.S.C. 1003) of the 

HEA, respectively. 

Early childhood education program 

means— 

(1) A Head Start program or an Early 

Head Start program carried out under 

the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 

seq.), including a migrant or seasonal 

Head Start program, an Indian Head 

Start program, or a Head Start program 

or an Early Head Start program that also 

receives State funding; 

(2) A State licensed or regulated child 

care program; or 

(3) A program that— 

(i) Serves children from birth through 

age six that addresses the children’s 

cognitive (including language, early 

literacy, and early mathematics), social, 

emotional, and physical development; 

and 

(ii) Is— 

(I) A State prekindergarten program; 

(II) A program authorized under 

section 619 (20 U.S.C. 1419) or part C 

of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.); 

or 

(III) A program operated by a local 

educational agency. 

Low-income student means a 

student— 

(1) Who is eligible to receive a Federal 

Pell Grant for the award year for which 

the determination is made; or 

(2) Who would otherwise be eligible 

to receive a Federal Pell Grant for the 

award year for which the determination 

is made, except that the student fails to 

meet the requirements of— 

(i) 20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)(1) because the 

student is enrolled in a graduate or first 

professional course of study; or 

(ii) 20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5) because the 

student is in the United States for a 

temporary purpose. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070e. 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 

99. (b) The Office of Management and 

Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) 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. 

Note: Because there are no programspecific regulations for the CCAMPIS 

Program, applicants are encouraged to 

carefully read the authorizing statute: 

Title IV, part A, subpart 7, section 419N 

of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070e). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$43,500,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $30,000 

to $443,492. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$167,116. 

Maximum Award: In accordance with 

section 419N(b)(2)(A) of the HEA, the 

maximum annual amount an applicant 

may receive under this program is one 

percent of the total amount of all 

Federal Pell Grant funds awarded to 

students enrolled at the institution for 

FY 2020. In the event that an applicant’s 

maximum award amount is lower than 

the statutory minimum award of 

$30,000, the grant will be $30,000 for a 

single budget period of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 275. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education that awarded a total of 

$250,000 or more of Federal Pell Grant 

funds during FY 2020 to students 

enrolled at the institution. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

b. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses an unrestricted indirect 

cost rate. For more information 

regarding indirect costs, or to obtain a 

negotiated indirect cost rate, please see 

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/ 

intro.html. 

c. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This program does not include any 

program-specific limitation on 

administrative expenses. All 

administrative expenses must be 

reasonable and necessary and conform 

to Cost Principles described in 2 CFR 

part 200 subpart E of the Uniform 

Guidance. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768), and 

available at www.govinfo.gov/content/ 

pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf, 

which contain requirements and 

information on how to submit an 

application. 

2. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

3. Funding Restrictions: Funding 

restrictions are outlined in section 

419N(b)(2)(B) of the HEA. We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

4. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative, which 

includes the budget narrative, to no 

more than 50 pages and (2) use the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5’’ × 11’’, on one side 

only, with 1’’ margins. 

• Double space all text in the 

application narrative, and single-space 

titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a 12-point font. 

• Use an easily readable font such as 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended 50-page limit does 

not apply to the Application for Federal 

Assistance cover sheet (SF 424); the 

Budget Information Summary form (ED 

Form 524); the CCAMPIS Program 

Profile form and the one-page Project 

Abstract form; or the assurances and 

certifications. The recommended page 

limit also does not apply to a table of 

contents, which you should include in 

the application narrative. You must 

include your complete response to the 


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selection criteria in the application 

narrative. 

We recommend that any application 

addressing the invitational priorities 

include no more than three additional 

pages for each priority. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 

section 419N of the HEA and 34 CFR 

75.210 and are listed below. 

We will award up to 100 points to an 

application under the selection criteria. 

The maximum number of points 

available for each criterion is indicated 

in parentheses. 

(a) Need for the project. (24 points) 

In determining the need for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the 

applicant demonstrates, in its 

application, the need for campus-based 

child care services for low-income 

students, by including the following 

(see section 419N(c)(3) of the HEA): 

(i) Information regarding student 

demographics. 

(ii) An assessment of child care 

capacity on or near campus, including 

information regarding the existence of 

waiting lists for existing child care. 

(iii) Information regarding additional 

needs created by concentrations of 

poverty or by geographic isolation. 

(iv) Other relevant data. 

(b) Quality of project design. (36 

points) 

In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following: 

(i) The extent to which the applicant 

describes in its application the activities 

to be assisted, including whether the 

grant funds will support an existing 

child care program or a new child care 

program (see section 419N(c)(4) of the 

HEA). 

(ii) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

are focused on those with greatest needs 

(see 34 CFR 75.210(d)(3)(xi)). 

Note: When describing how the 

project is focused on those with greatest 

needs, applicants are encouraged to 

include, in their assessment of focus on 

service of those with the greatest needs, 

the extent to which services are 

available during all hours that classes 

are in session, including evenings and 

weekends, to part-time students, and to 

students who need only emergency 

drop-in child care in the event that 

regularly scheduled child care is 

unexpectedly unavailable. 

(iii) The likely impact of the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

on the intended recipients of those 

services (see 34 CFR 75.210(d)(3)(iv)). 

(iv) The extent to which the 

application includes an assurance that 

the institution will meet the child care 

needs of low-income students through 

the provision of services, or through a 

contract for the provision of services 

(see section 419N(c)(6) of the HEA). 

(v) The extent to which the child care 

program will coordinate with the 

institution’s early childhood education 

curriculum, to the extent the curriculum 

is available, to meet the needs of the 

students in the early childhood 

education program at the institution, 

and the needs of the parents and 

children participating in the child care 

program assisted under this section (see 

section 419N(c)(7) of the HEA). 

(vi) The extent to which the proposed 

project encourages parental involvement 

(see 34 CFR 75.210(c)(2)(xix)). 

(vii) If the applicant is seeking 

assistance for a new child care program 

(see section 419N(c)(8) of the HEA). 

(1) The extent to which the 

applicant’s timeline, covering the period 

from receipt of the grant through the 

provision of the child care services, 

delineates the specific steps the 

institution will take to achieve the goal 

of providing low-income students with 

child care services; 

(2) The extent to which the applicant 

specifies any measures the institution 

will take to assist low-income students 

with child care during the period before 

the institution provides child care 

services; and 

(3) The extent to which the 

application includes a plan for 

identifying resources needed for the 

child care services, including space in 

which to provide child care services and 

technical assistance if necessary. 

Note: The maximum available points 

for this selection criterion will be 

divided equally, for applications that 

seek assistance to support existing 

programs, among factors (i)–(vi), and, 

for applications that seek assistance to 

support new programs, among factors 

(i)–(vii). 

(c) Quality of management plan. (21 

points) 

In determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

following: 

(i) The extent to which the 

application identifies the resources, 

including technical expertise and 

financial support, the institution will 

draw upon to support the child care 

program and the participation of lowincome students in the program, such as 

accessing social services funding, using 

student activity fees to help pay the 

costs of child care, using resources 

obtained by meeting the needs of 

parents who are not low-income 

students, and accessing foundation, 

corporate or other institutional support, 

and demonstrates that the use of the 

resources will not result in increases in 

student tuition (see section 419N(c)(5) 

of the HEA). 

(ii) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

project personnel (see 34 CFR 

75.210(e)(3)(ii)). 

(iii) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks (see 34 CFR 75.210(g)(2)(i)). 

(d) Quality of project evaluation. (12 

points) 

In determining the quality of the 

project evaluation, the Secretary 

considers the following: 

(i) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and 

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes of the proposed project (see 

34 CFR 75.210(h)(2)(i)). 

(ii) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation include the use of 

objective performance measures that are 

clearly related to the intended outcomes 

of the project and will produce 

quantitative and qualitative data to the 

extent possible (see 34 CFR 

75.210(h)(2)(iv)). 

(iii) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and permit periodic 

assessment of progress toward achieving 

intended outcomes (see 34 CFR 

75.210(h)(2)(vi)). 

(e) Adequacy of resources. (7 points) 

In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following: 

(i) The extent to which the budget is 

adequate to support the proposed 

project (see 34 CFR 75.210(f)(2)(iii)). 

(ii) The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the number of 

persons to be served and to the 

anticipated results and benefits (see 34 

CFR 75.210(f)(2)(v)). 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 


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In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 

various assurances, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

For this competition, a panel of nonFederal readers will review each 

application in accordance with the 

selection criteria. The individual scores 

of the reviewers will be added and the 

sum divided by the number of reviewers 

to determine the peer review score 

received in the review process. 

If there are insufficient funds for all 

applications with the same total scores, 

the Secretary will choose among the tied 

applications so as to serve geographical 

areas that have been underserved by the 

CCAMPIS Program. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2), we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with— 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115—232) (2 CFR 

200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we will notify 

you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

(c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the 

Secretary may provide a grantee with 

additional funding for data collection 

analysis and reporting. In this case the 

Secretary establishes a data collection 

period. 

5. Performance Measures: The success 

of the CCAMPIS Program will be 

measured by the postsecondary 

persistence and degree completion rates 

of the CCAMPIS Program participants. 

All CCAMPIS Program grantees will be 

required to submit an annual 

performance report documenting the 

persistence and degree attainment of 

their participants. Although students 

may choose to use child care services at 

different points in their college 

enrollment, the goal is to measure the 

outcomes of student-parents based on 

their completion of their program 

within 150 percent or 200 percent of the 

published program length. The cohort 

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of utilization by a student-parent 

throughout their enrollment at the 

institution and will provide results 

based on the long-term academic 

success of the student-parent. The 

Department will aggregate the data 

provided in the annual performance 

reports from all grantees to determine 

the accomplishment level. The 

CCAMPIS reporting data collection is 

moving towards a semester-to-semester 

cohort model. This will not increase 

public reporting burden as CCAMPIS 

grantees are gathering and maintaining 

the data needed in completing and 

reviewing the collection of information 

currently. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation grant under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation grant, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Tiwanda Burse, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management 

& Planning, Office of Postsecondary 

Education. Delegated authority to perform 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04393 Filed 3–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Campus 

Safety and Security Survey 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 3, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2021–SCC–0031. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208C, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Sophia 

McArdle, 202–453–6318. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Campus Safety and 

Security Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0833. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6,000. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,499. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information through the Campus Safety 

and Security Survey is necessary under 

section 485 of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as amended, with the goal of 

increasing transparency surrounding 

college safety and security information 

for students, prospective students, 

parents, employees and the general 

public. The survey is a collection tool to 

compile the annual data on campus 

crime and fire safety. The data collected 

from the individual institutions by ED is 


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