Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) 2026

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: April 20, 2026

Archive date: June 28, 2026

Close date: May 29, 2026

Opportunity ID: 361967

Opportunity number: ED-GRANT-26-053

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Office of Postsecondary Education

Agency code: HHS-OPE

Award floor: $150,000

Award ceiling: $1,000,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Education
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
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Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:hhs_ope
  • category_of_funding_activity:education
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The CCAMPIS Program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services. The program makes competitive grants for a period of 4 years to institutions of higher education, with a priority for child care programs that (1) leverage significant local or institutional resources and (2) utilize a sliding fee scale. Institutions may use the funding to establish or support a campus-based child care program primarily serving the needs of students from low-income backgrounds enrolled at the institution. Grants may also be used to provide before- and after-class and other student support services to the extent necessary to enable low-income students enrolled at the institution of higher education to pursue postsecondary education.Assistance Listing Number: 84.335A

Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) 2026
The CCAMPIS Program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services. The program makes competitive grants for a period of 4 years to institutions of higher education, with a priority for child care programs that (1) leverage significant local or institutional resources and (2) utilize a sliding fee scale. Institutions may use the funding to establish or support a campus-based child care program primarily serving the needs of students from low-income backgrounds enrolled at the institution. Grants may also be used to provide before- and after-class and other student support services to the extent necessary to enable low-income students enrolled at the institution of higher education to pursue postsecondary education.Assistance Listing Number: 84.335A
[Forecasted] Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) 2026
Forecasted
Office of Postsecondary Education
Education
Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others
2026-04-20