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Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program 2018–19

CA Department of Education · 60507

Eligibility details

Local educational agencies

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 33%.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

The grant period began on June 15, 2020, and continues through December 31, 2024. A total of $175,569,580 was distributed among successful LEA applicants who demonstrated the need for the IEEEP funds, the ability to meet the requirements in the Request for Application (RFA), and provided the required 33 percent fiscal matching of funds as well as demonstrated fiscal sustainability beyond the grant period. Grants were competitively awarded based on the selection criteria described in the RFA, with priority for funding going to low-income and high need areas pursuant to California Education Code (EC) Section 8499.5, which includes the number of eligible children birth to five years of age with an IFSP or IEP as well as those applicants that represented a consortium of local community partners, including local special education partners and those with expertise in inclusive early learning and care environments.

Funding geography: Not specified — review source. A funder’s address does not establish eligibility.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.