Government Spending - Assessing the Effectiveness of Government Programs
Can you believe that government money is being spent to determine the effectiveness of how other government grants were spent? According to federal officials, $600,000 has been made available through a cooperative agreement to provide funds to support a research center that will focus on secondary analysis of the Head Start Impact Study data.
A cooperative agreement is similar to a grant.
However, a grant is used when the agency making the award does not anticipate any involvement with the program recipient.
Grants are usually awarded by those who support cultural, philanthropic or scientific research.
Meanwhile, a cooperative agreement is somewhat like a grant, but the sponsor has staff that is involved in preparing the proposal, and expects to have significant involvement in research once the award has been made.
In this case, the cooperative agreement will provide funds to support a research center whose primary purpose is to focus on secondary analysis of the Impact Study data.
The agreements' goal is to use existing data from the Study to answer questions related to program characteristics that have a positive result for children in Head Start and families.
The funding will be awarded to a single institution, which will lead a group of researchers to conduct studies.
Several complementary studies using the Head Start Impact Study data to answer questions related to how aspects of Head Start centers, classrooms, and teachers moderate impacts on children and families.
Organizers hope to build a consortium of researchers conducting complementary studies of the relationship between characteristics of Head Start centers, classrooms, and teachers and impacts on children and families; and to build a community of researchers with expertise and knowledge of the Head Start Impact Study data.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
However, the money won't be made available to individuals, foreign interests or sole-proprietorship groups.
Head Start has been a very beneficial program over the years.
It prepares young children from families with low income for attending school by enhancing their social and cognitive development.
The program provide comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services.
It also involves parents in their children's learning and to help parents make progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals.
Head Start has served more than 25 million children in 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Outer Pacific.
A cooperative agreement is similar to a grant.
However, a grant is used when the agency making the award does not anticipate any involvement with the program recipient.
Grants are usually awarded by those who support cultural, philanthropic or scientific research.
Meanwhile, a cooperative agreement is somewhat like a grant, but the sponsor has staff that is involved in preparing the proposal, and expects to have significant involvement in research once the award has been made.
In this case, the cooperative agreement will provide funds to support a research center whose primary purpose is to focus on secondary analysis of the Impact Study data.
The agreements' goal is to use existing data from the Study to answer questions related to program characteristics that have a positive result for children in Head Start and families.
The funding will be awarded to a single institution, which will lead a group of researchers to conduct studies.
Several complementary studies using the Head Start Impact Study data to answer questions related to how aspects of Head Start centers, classrooms, and teachers moderate impacts on children and families.
Organizers hope to build a consortium of researchers conducting complementary studies of the relationship between characteristics of Head Start centers, classrooms, and teachers and impacts on children and families; and to build a community of researchers with expertise and knowledge of the Head Start Impact Study data.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
However, the money won't be made available to individuals, foreign interests or sole-proprietorship groups.
Head Start has been a very beneficial program over the years.
It prepares young children from families with low income for attending school by enhancing their social and cognitive development.
The program provide comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services.
It also involves parents in their children's learning and to help parents make progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals.
Head Start has served more than 25 million children in 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Outer Pacific.
