The Incentivize Learning Activity | 72066922RFA00004

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The Incentivize Learning Activity is a USAID/Liberia funding opportunity designed to increase access to education for vulnerable and underserved school-age children in Liberia, while also responding to heightened food insecurity that intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. The central idea is that learning outcomes improve when children can actually get to school consistently, remain in class, and participate effectively. To build those conditions, the Activity focuses on practical incentives that encourage enrollment and reduce absenteeism, especially among children who face the greatest barriers to attending school.

A major component of the approach is school meals. By providing timely meals during the school day, the Activity seeks to reduce short-term hunger, which can directly affect a child s ability to concentrate, engage with lessons, and attend regularly. School feeding is framed not just as nutrition support, but as a tool that makes schooling more feasible and more attractive for families who may be coping with poverty, food insecurity, or competing demands on children s time.

Beyond meals, the Activity also plans to use targeted financial incentives to help remove cost barriers that keep children out of school or cause frequent absences. While the notice does not spell out the exact structure of these incentives in the excerpt provided, the intent is clear: reduce the economic pressures that prevent consistent attendance and make it easier for underserved households to keep children enrolled and showing up every day.

Another core element is community and parental engagement paired with social and behavior change communication. This reflects an understanding that attendance and persistence in school are shaped not only by resources, but also by attitudes, expectations, and community-level norms. By working with parents and communities and using communication strategies that promote positive education behaviors, the Activity aims to reinforce the value of schooling, encourage regular attendance, and support children s continued participation in learning.

Structurally, this opportunity is offered by the Agency for International Development, Liberia (USAID Monrovia) as a Cooperative Agreement, meaning USAID expects to have substantial involvement during implementation rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant. The opportunity is categorized under Education and is listed under CFDA 98.001. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, indicating that it is broadly open to many entity types, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications that may exist in the full announcement text.

In terms of funding scale and competition, the Notice of Funding Opportunity is identified as 72066922RFA00004, posted on Aug 23, 2022, with an original closing date of Oct 14, 2022. USAID anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of up to 20,000,000. Overall, the Activity is positioned as a complement to other education investments by focusing on the enabling conditions that often determine whether students can attend, concentrate, and benefit from instruction in the first place.

• The Agency for International Development, Liberia USAID-Monrovia in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "The Incentivize Learning Activity" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 23, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 14, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $20,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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