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Request For Proposals: KANSAS CHILDRENS CABINET AND TRUST FUND






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Request For Proposals:





Kansas Early Childhood Block Grant

Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund
Jim Redmon, Executive Director
Landon State Office Building, Room 152
900 S.W. Jackson
Topeka KS 66612-1221
785-368-7044
877-204-5171
785-296-8694 (fax)
www.kschildrenscabinet.org



TEN PAPER APPLICATIONS (ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE (9 COPIES) AND ONE
ELECTRONIC COPY (VIA EMAIL OR DISK) ARE TO BE RECEIVED AT THE
KANSAS CHILDRENS CABINET AND TRUST FUND BY 5:00 P.M. ON
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008.


APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER 5:00 P.M. ON THIS DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED





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KANSAS EARLY CHILDHOOD BLOCK GRANT
APPLICATION TABLE OF CONTENTS


Application for Grant Cover Page



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Grant
Instructions
and
Timeline
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Application Checklist





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I.

Background
Information
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II.

Eligible
Applicants
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III.

Funding
Criteria
8-10

IV.

Review
Process 10

V.

Grant
Instructions
and
Scoring 11-14

VI.

Attachments

A.

Evidence
Based
Practice
Form
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B.

Logic
Model
21
C.

Budget

22
D.

Glossary
of
Budget
Items
23
E.

Glossary
of
Research
Terms
25
F.

Glossary
of
Evaluation
Terms
27
G.

Assurances






29
H.

Board
Member
List 30
I.

Verification
of
Organizational
Status
30
J.

Organizational
Financial
Information
30
K.

Licensing/Accreditation Documentation
30
L.

Pre-K Standards





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M.

Additional Reporting, Monitoring & Requirements Information 31





















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APPLICATION FOR GRANT

COVER PAGE

A. APPLICANT AGENCY (NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE,
E-MAIL)







C. OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED TO SIGN APPLICATION
(NAME, TITLE, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, E-MAIL)









B. TYPE OF AGENCY Public; Private Non-Profit; Private Profit (circle
one)
SIGNATURE _____________________________________________
D. PROJECT DIRECTOR (NAME, TITLE, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, E-
MAIL)


E. FINANCIAL OFFICER
(NAME, TITLE, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, E-MAIL)









F. TYPE OF APPLICATION

___ NEW SERVICES, ____ EXPANSION OF CURRENT SERVICES ____ ENHANCING EXISTING SERVICES TO BRING THE
CURRENT PROGRAM UP TO HIGH QUALITY EVIDENCED-BASED PROGRAM STANDARDS

G. TITLE OF PROJECT

H.

GEOGRAPHIC AREA TO BE SERVED, TARGET POPULATION, AND ESTIMATED NUMBERS IMPACTED
GEOGRAPHIC AREA:
NUMBERS OF CHILDREN 0-3 TO BE SERVED: _____
NUMBER OF CHILDREN 3-5 TO BE SERVED: _______


I. FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (FEIN)

K. PROJECT COSTS
1. GRANT FUNDS REQUESTED $__________________
2. LOCAL FUNDS/CASH MATCH $__________________
3. IN-KIND $__________________
4. TOTAL COST $__________________
J. APPLICANTS FISCAL YEAR


L. ABSTRACT: Please include a brief (100 words or less) overview of the project. Font size may be 10 point, if necessary, in this box.



















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Early Childhood Block Grant Application

Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund





Grant Instructions and Timeline

The Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund announces the release of a Grant Application for the
Early Childhood Block Grant.


Request for Proposal Timeline


Release of Request for Proposal



July 18, 2008


Applications Due to:

Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund,

Landon State Office Building, Room 152,

September 22, 2008

900 SW Jackson, Topeka, Ks 66612-1221


Applications Reviewed by Kansas Childrens

Cabinet and Trust Fund Review Committee

September 22, 2008-October 22, 2008


Award
Notification

October
23-24


Grant
Awarded November
1,
2008









For information, contact:
Jim Redmon, Executive Director or
Dyogga Adegbore, Program Consultant
Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund at 785-368-7044
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS/SCORING TEMPLATE
This checklist is a guide as the grant application is completed. Complete and sign this
page and submit it with the application as page 2. When submitting the grant
application, please compile the requested information in the following order. Please
check yes if this information is enclosed with the application.



Yes No N/A
Scoring
Template
1.
Application for Grant Cover Page (use
provided form)
Requirement
2.
Summary of Contents (use provided form)


Requirement
3.
Needs Assessment and Program Planning



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4.
Partnerships and Organizational Capacity



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5 Program
Approach
30
6.
Program Evaluation Plan



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7.
Evidence Based Worksheet



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8.
Logic Model



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9.
Budget Sheet



Requirement
10. Budget
Narrative


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11. 501(c)(3)
Verification


Requirement
12. List of Board members with a conflict of
interest statement

Requirement
13. Letter of Compliance with Assurances

Requirement
14. Transmittal Letter for Audit, Form 990, or Most Requirement
Recent Year-End Financial Statement Requirement
15. Licensing/Accreditation Documentation Requirement























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Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund

Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund Mission:

Putting Kansas children first by funding initiatives that work.

Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund Early Childhood Vision:

To enhance the lives of Kansas children by providing comprehensive, integrated,
community-based initiatives that support safe and healthy children and families.

Childrens Initiative Fund (CIF):

The Early Childhood Block Grant program is funded through the CIF. The Childrens
Cabinet is committed to ensuring that programs funded through CIF use science based
evidence, are evaluated and outcomes driven.





Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund Early Childhood Guiding Principles:

Early investment is smart. Investments in early childhood result in immediate results for
young children and long-term savings for our state.


Working together maximizes results. Collaborative efforts among providers maximizes
both local and State resources.

Use proven strategies to achieve success. Research-proven strategies, best practices, and

promising approaches provide the foundation for long term success.

Fund what works. Initiatives that demonstrate results merit continued investment.

For further information about the Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund please visit
our website at
www.kschildrenscabinet.org




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I.

Background Information

a.

The Childrens Initiative Fund, The Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust
Fund and The Early Childhood Block Grant (ECBG)

The 1999 Legislature enacted legislation directing how tobacco settlement payments and
other tobacco revenues will be used in Kansas. KSA 38-2101 established the Kansas
Endowment for Youth (KEY) Fund, into which tobacco payments will be credited. The
KEY Fund is managed by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS)
Board of Trustees. The statute authorizes transfers to be made from the KEY Fund to the
Childrens Initiatives Fund (CIF), also created by the legislation, from which
expenditures will be made for the purpose of providing additional funding for programs,
projects, improvements, services and other purposes directly or indirectly beneficial to
the physical and mental health, welfare, safety and overall well-being of children in
Kansas. In making appropriations from the Fund, the legislation is directed to
emphasize programs and services that are data-driven and outcomes-based. The
legislation also created the Kansas Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund (KCCTF) and
charged it with making recommendations to the Governor and Legislature regarding how
money from the Fund will be spent
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For administrative purposes, the KCCTF is housed
within the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

The Early Childhood Block Grant was proposed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius and
approved by the 2008 Kansas Legislature. This funding coincides with the long standing
focus of the Childrens Cabinet to use CIF funds for effective, research based early
childhood programs.

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Early Childhood

Early childhood has been recognized as a critical time fo