Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-being Research Center (TRC)
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Opens: Sep 25, 2025federal
Updated: Oct 30, 2025
Summary
The Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-being Research Center (TRC) grant aims to support research and evaluation of ACF-funded early childhood and family economic well-being programs for Native American communities. Eligible applicants include organizations interested in conducting research in child care programs, Head Start/Early Head Start, and Tribal TANF. The grant is expected to have a 60-month project period with funding of $1,000,000 per budget period, and interested parties can find application instructions in the provided document link.
Full Description
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) announces the availability of funds and requesting applications for the Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-being Research Center (TRC). The TRC will support relevant and actionable research, evaluation, and measurement of ACF-funded early childhood and family economic well-being programs that serve Native American communities. The TRC program areas include child care programs, Head Start/Early Head Start center and home-based programs, and Tribal TANF. The primary goals of the TRC are to (1) conduct relevant and actionable research, evaluation, and measurement of early childhood programs and family economic well-being initiatives in Native American communities; (2) serve as a hub for information and peer exchange to promote this research, evaluation, and measurement. The TRC"s information sharing and research activities will be constructed with input from Tribal program administrators and providers, Tribal leaders, researchers, and federal staff from the TRC program areas. It is anticipated the project will have a 60-month project period, with five 12-month budget periods. The estimated funding per budget period is $1,000,000.
Doc link: hhs-2025-acf-opre-ph-0017 Instructions Final.pdf
Application link unavailableUpdated Oct 30, 2025