2021 Early Childhood Workforce Innovation Grants 

Deadline: 2/2/2021 LOI

Amount: $200,000 max/year

Website: https://earlymilestones.org/2021-early-childhood-workforce-innovation-grants-request-for-proposals/

Description:

The program seeks innovative ideas with the potential to drive systemic improvement in recruitment, retention, and compensation of an effective, qualified early childhood workforce. Beyond ideas, the initiative seeks pioneers willing to test groundbreaking innovations and produce proof points for more effective and efficient systems to support the workforce. The funders want to learn with grantees as they test new things to better understand what does and does not work.

The 2021 RFP includes three categories for local or state partnerships primed to either 1) test a new innovation, 2) scale an innovation that has shown promise, or 3) sustain effective innovations by embedding relevant practice and enacting necessary policy change. Regardless of the application category, all efforts are intended to assess and communicate learnings to stakeholders committed to state-level change that improves workforce recruitment, retention, and compensation.

Eligible applicants:

EC and/or workforce development 501(c)3 organizations/nonprofits

State Agencies, including departments of labor, education, human services, etc.

School districts, colleges and universities, local government, including departments of

health and/or human services, education, community development, town councils, etc.