Application for 2023-2024 CCAP B-3 and Early Childhood Education Fund Seats

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) has allocated state funding to support a new CCAP B-3 Seats pilot program through June 30, 2024. Additionally, Orleans Parish has secured matching funding for its local early childhood millage through the Early Childhood Education Fund (ECEF), or “State Match.” ECEF or “State Match” funds will support additional early childhood seats in Orleans Parish through June 30, 2024.

Both of these programs aim to expand access to high-quality early care and education for children, birth through age three, at high-quality early learning programs in Orleans Parish. With additional state funding, seats funded through these programs may be renewed for the 2024-25 programmatic year, though these should be treated as one-year opportunities.

This application will allow eligible Orleans Parish early care and education programs to notify Agenda for Children of their interest in CCAP B-3 and/or ECEF seats. This application will be open from Friday, September 15, through Friday, September 29.

	CCAP B-3	ECEF
Provider/License Type	Orleans Parish Type III or Family Child Care with Academic Approval Must be licensed to serve infants and currently serving infants or plan to serve infants with allocated seats.	Orleans Parish Type III Must be licensed to serve infants and currently serving infants or plan to serve infants with allocated seats.
Ages Served	Infants - 3 Years	Infants - 3 Years
Hours	Offer full-time care (6 continuous hours per day, 5 days a week).	Offer full-time care (6 continuous hours per day, 5 days a week).
Performance Profile Rating	Possess a score of “Proficient” or higher on the 2022-2023 Performance Profile Rating. If a site is new for the 2023-2024 Academic Year, a detailed explanation must be included in the site’s application outlining how the site plans to achieve a “Proficient” or higher Performance Profile Rating for 2023-2024 and why the site needs to participate in 2023-2024 CCAP B-3 Seats in its first year.	Possess a score of “Proficient” or higher on the 2022-2023 Performance Profile Rating. If a site is new for the 2023-2024 Academic Year, a detailed explanation must be included in the site’s application outlining how the site plans to achieve a “Proficient” or higher Performance Profile Rating for 2023-2024 and why the site needs to participate in 2023-2024 ECEF in its first year.
CCAP Certification	Possess CCAP certification	Possess CCAP certification
Teacher Certification	Lead Teachers must possess an Early Childhood Ancillary Certificate (ECAC) or be enrolled in an ECAC program during the 2023-2024 school year	Lead Teachers must possess an Early Childhood Ancillary Certificate (ECAC) or be enrolled in an ECAC program during the 2023-2024 school year
Monthly Infant Rate*	$1,578.33	$2,083.33
Monthly 1 Year Old Rate*	$975.00	$2,083.33
Monthly 2 Year Old Rate*	$975.00	$2,083.33
Monthly 3 Year Old Rate*	$889.17	$1,250.00

*CCAP B-3 seat rates have been determined by the LDOE. ECEF rates have been determined by Agenda for Children.

Application Notes

Applicants may save their application progress to be resumed later by utilizing the "Save and continue later" function on the top right corner of the application. Applications are only accepted via this online portal. Applications will not be accepted via email.

Please contact CFR@noeen.org should you need to make edits to your application.

Household Eligibility Requirements

Households whose earned income is no more than 85% of the State Median Income and provide proof of work or who provide proof of school/training, actively seeking employment, unearned income, or no income are eligible for CCAP B-3 and ECEF seats.

Note that due to LDOE requirements, there is more documentation required for families and children receiving CCAP B-3 and ECEF seats. This include but is not limited to:

• Birth certificates for all children in the household

• Multiple consecutive pay statements for families earning income (4 for CCAP B-3 and 2 for ECEF)

Program Administration

Agenda for Children will coordinate CCAP B-3 and ECEF seats for Orleans Parish and will contract directly with early learning programs to provide seats to eligible families, much like the local NOEEN City Seats program.

Selected early learning programs will be paid for each enrolled seat on a monthly pro-rata basis upon Agenda for Children’s receipt and verification of each site’s monthly accurate and timely attendance and verification reports for enrolled children. 

Early learning programs should plan to support families with collecting and uploading relevant verification documentation to the enrollment system as requested to comply with administrative requirements and to maximize the number of eligible children who are served.

Due to eligibility requirements and the verification process, CCAP B-3 and ECEF seat placements will occur on a rolling basis throughout the fall. Equitable allocation decisions will be determined by Agenda for Children in consultation with the New Orleans Early Education Network (NOEEN) Steering Committee. If your site is awarded CCAP B-3 or ECEF seats, we expect announcements to be made beginning in October and on a rolling basis throughout the program year until all possible seats are occupied.

Support

All questions regarding this opportunity should be directed to cfr@noeen.org. Support is available during our regularly scheduled hours of operation (M-F, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM).