Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State of Oregon, acting by and through its Department of Early Learning and Care, (“Agency”), is issuing this Request for Grant Applications (“RFA”) for Preschool Promise Grantees in the Early Learning Hub of Clackamas during the 2024 – 2025 program year (July 1, 2024– June 30, 2025). If existing Preschool Promise grantees want to increase their Preschool Promise Slot allocation, then those existing grantees must submit an application in response to this RFA. In addition, preschool providers who would like to be awarded Preschool Promise Slots as a new Preschool Promise grantee are invited to submit an application in response to this RFA. If awarded, these new or existing Preschool Promise grantees will either be immediately awarded Preschool Promise Slots or will be awarded a spot on the Preschool Promise Applicant Waitlist Pool. If successful applicants are awarded a spot on the Preschool Promise Applicant Waitlist Pool, then they will be deemed eligible for Preschool Promise Slots in the event that any such Slots become available before June 30, 2025, within Early Learning Hub of Clackamas These successful applicants will remain in the Preschool Promise Applicant Waitlist Pool through June 30, 2025. Please note that Agency cannot guarantee that any successful applicants on the Preschool Promise Applicant Waitlist Pool will eventually be granted any Slots. If the successful applicant is granted Preschool Promise Slots while on the Preschool Promise Applicant Waitlist Pool, the performance period for such granted Slots lasts until June 30, 2025. At some point on or before June 30, 2025, in the discretion of the Agency, successful applicants who are on the Preschool Promise Applicant Waitlist Pool may, in Agency’s sole discretion, be asked by Agency whether they wish to remain on the Preschool Promise Applicant Waitlist Pool for the 2025-2027 biennium. Agency oversees the Preschool Promise program, which offers free, high-quality preschool to Oregon families with incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and children in foster care. Preschool Promise is a publicly-funded program that recognizes high-quality care and education happens in a variety of settings.
