In December 2017, each early childhood care and education network in the state, including NOEEN, will submit Coordinated Funding Requests to the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) detailing recommendations for seat allocations to specific operators for LA 4, NSECD, and Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG) for the 2018-19 school year.  The goal of NOEEN’s Coordinated Funding Request is to ensure that the limited number of publicly-funded early childhood seats are allocated to those programs that:

• Are high quality;
• Are in high demand by parents; and
• Meet families’ needs

For a detailed timeline and more information, please consult the Approved NOEEN Coordinated Funding Request Process presentation posted in the “Resources” section of this page.

If you have any questions about the Coordinated Funding Request or these recommendations, please contact tfalgoust@agendaforchildren.org or 504-586-8509.

Applications for new or continued funding were due in October 2017. The NOEEN evaluation committee reviewed and scored each application, and conducted site visits for any program seeking funding for the first time. The committee met on November 14th and developed the recommendations included below. The NOEEN Steering Committee will consider these recommendations at its November 28th meeting, which will be held at Agenda for Children's office (8300 Earhart Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70118). The public is welcome to attend, but we do ask that participants RSVP to kcraig@agendaforchildren.org to ensure that we have adequate seating. The meeting will begin at 11:30 am.

Recommendations to the NOEEN Steering Committee

• DRAFT Recommendations for CFR Allocations for the 2018-2019 School Year

Public comments and feedback are welcome! They may be sent via email (publiccomments@agendaforchildren.org), mailed to Agenda for Children or presented in person at the November 28th Steering Committee meeting, which will be held at 8300 Earhart Blvd, Suite 201, New Orleans, LA. The meeting will begin at 11:30 am. 

 

Rubrics (how applications were scored)

• Early Learning Center Evaluation Rubric
• Public School Evaluation Rubric
• Non-Public School Evaluation Rubric

Resources

• Approved NOEEN Coordinated Funding Request Process
• 2017-2018 Allocations
• LA 4 Information
• NSECD Information
• NOEEN PK4 Tuition Policy

Coordinated Funding Webinar

• Slides from Coordinated Funding Webinar
• The webinar is embedded below and can also be accessed on Vimeo.

Sept. 26	NOEEN Steering Committee considers approval of CFR process
Oct. 5	Agenda releases CFR application
Oct. 12	Agenda conducts CFR process webinar for all operators  Register here to attend. Note: a recording will be uploaded afterwards for those who aren't able to attend.
Oct. 27	CFR applications due
Oct. 30 - Nov. 10	Evaluators score CFR applications and conduct site visits/interviews
Nov. 13-16	Evaluator Committees deliberate to make draft CFR allocation recommendations
Nov. 17	Agenda publicly posts draft CFR allocation recommendations* * release of draft recommendations is contingent upon the LDE release of School Performance Scores & ECE Performance Profiles
Nov. 28	NOEEN Steering Committee considers approval of Evaluator Committee's preliminary CFR allocation recommendations
Dec. 1	Agenda submits NOEEN-approved CFR allocation recommendations to LDE
Jan. 23	BESE considers approval of final LDE CFR allocations