Grant Description & Purpose:

Through this application process EEC may award grants to existing Regional Readiness Centers to provide professional development opportunities to the early education and care workforce in the mixed delivery system and to convene early childhood educators, providers, and stakeholders within the region and across the state.

Timeline: 

Question and Answers:

ELCG Project 5.2 Question and Answers  (Part II)

ELCG Project 5.2 Questions and Answers   

Application Information:

To apply for this grant click here:

ELCG: Project 5.2 Regional Readiness Center Activities RFR 
 

Application Submission Information:

In accordance with the submission requirements detailed below, all required documents, including electronic workbook, proposal narrative, attachments, and standard administrative and fiscal forms must be received at EEC’s Central Office by 4:00 PM on May 18, 2012.

To be submitted electronically:

The required grant application and program forms below must be submitted via email as an attachment to RTTTProcurement@MassMail.State.MA.US.  Please include name of grant and name of your agency on the subject line of the email.  Example:  FY 2013 Education Grant, Boston Social Services

1. Check List for Grant Application 
2. Signed Cover Page 
3. Budget Detail 
4. Budget Narrative 
5. Proposal Narrative 
6. Performance Measures and Outcomes Form 
7. Copy of Federally approved Indirect Cost Approval Letter (if you are claiming Indirect Cost)
8. Certification Regarding Lobbying Form 
9. Supplier Diversity Program Plan Form 

To be mailed:

One original (all signatures must be in blue ink) and three copies of these documents.

1. Check List for Grant Application
2. Signed Cover Page
3. Budget Detail
4. Budget Narrative
5. Proposal Narrative
6. Performance Measures and Outcomes Form
7. Copy of Federally approved Indirect Cost Approval Letter (if you are claiming Indirect Cost)
8. Certification Regarding Lobbying Form
9. Supplier Diversity Program Plan Form

Applicants must also complete and mail one original packet of the following forms with their Grant Application response (unless applicant already has these documents on file with the Commonwealth of MA)

MA Standard Administrative Forms

• A signed Commonwealth Terms Conditions form 
• W-9 with DUNS 
• Contractor Authorized Signatory Listing 
• Authorization for Electronic Funds Payment (EFT) Form 
• Executive Order 504 Certification 
• Supplier Diversity Program Plan Form  (If the Grant is competitive and involves distributing more than $150,000 in funds)
• Early Learning Challenge Grant Certification Form Regarding Lobbying 

To:

Department of Early Education and Care

FY2013 Regional Readiness Center Activities Grant

Attention: Loida Marquez

51 Sleeper Street, 4^th Floor

Boston, MA 02210

EEC may disqualify any incomplete grant applications from consideration/review.

Please note: If your application is selected for funding, EEC will e-mail an Interagency Service Agreement.  This Form will need to be printed, signed (in blue ink), and returned to EEC prior to the project start date.  Directions on how to submit that signed form to EEC will be explained with the form.

Additional Information:

The following Appendices are for reference only; they do NOT need to be filled out by the Respondent or included in any response submitted.

Appendix A:  RTTT-ELC Budget Detail and Narrative Instructions          

Appendix B:  Evaluation and Rating Criteria                                                                      

Appendix C:  Eligibility Amounts                                                               

Appendix D:  Grant Payment Terms, Grant Expenditures, Termination, Recoupment of Funds, and Relevant Law     

Appendix E:  MA QRIS Standards and EEC Core Competencies 

Appendix F: Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) Activities 

Appendix G:  Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) Cohort 1 Districts 

Appendix H: Requirements for Sub-recipients of Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant Funds