The purpose of CCAMPIS is to support the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based child care services.

Funds are used to support or establish campus-based child care programs primarily serving the needs of low-income students enrolled in institution. CCAMPIS Program funds may be used either to directly provide child care services or contract for the provision of child care services. Grants may be used for before- and/or after-school services.

Competitions for new grant awards are generally held every four years.

CCAMPIS grants are made for four-year grant award cycles.

The FY 2010 average annual grant award amount was $103,445.

There is no cost matching requirement for the CCAMPIS Program.

All CCAMPIS grantees will be required to submit an annual performance report documenting the persistence and degree attainment of their participants. Because students may take different lengths of time to complete their degrees, multiple years of performance report data are needed to determine the degree completion rates of CCAMPIS Program participants. Grantees are required to provide the following data:

1. Institutional demographics
2. Student demographics including:
1. Gender;
2. Ethnicity;
3. Pell enrollment status;
4. Low income status;
5. Marital status;
6. Enrollment by the applicable educational schedule (semester, quarters, terms);
7. Number of years taken to transfer or graduate;
8. Degree or certificate earned;
9. Students who transferred (two-year institution to a four-year institution) and those who withdrew;
10. Number of children per student supported by the program;
11. Child care center (national) accreditation and (state) licensing status;
12. Fee schedules used; and
13. Institutional and community resources and funding.

The CCAMPIS Program is governed by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315) (HEOA). There are no regulations; the program adheres to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.

The success of the CCAMPIS Program will be measured by the postsecondary persistence and degree of completion rates of CCAMPIS Program participants who remain at the grantee institution.

Subsidizing child care costs for low-income, Pell-eligible students enrolled at the grantee institution; providing child care via campus-based programs or by outsourcing within the community; and/or providing child care services before and/or after school.

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