Head Start

 
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    CFDA#

    93.600     		 

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families.

    Summary

    The Head Start program provides grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide comprehensive child development services to predominately economically disadvantaged children and families. Head Start's primary purpose is to prepare children to be ready for school. In FY 1995, the Early Head Start program was established to serve pregnant women and children from birth to 3 years of age in recognition of the mounting evidence that the earliest years matter a great deal to children's growth and development. Since its beginning in 1965, Head Start has served more than 30 million children and their families.  Head Start promotes school readiness by enhancing the social, cognitive, and emotional development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families. Language, literacy, mathematics, and science are among the key domains that must be addressed through Head Start. Head Start programs emphasize family engagement because of the critical role that parents play in supporting their children's healthy development and school success. Effective Head Start programs engage parents in their children's learning and help parents themselves make progress toward their educational, literacy, and employment goals. The Head Start program also emphasizes the significant involvement of parents in the administration of local Head Start programs. These leadership opportunities are designed to strengthen skills that parents can apply to improving their family's economic well-being and to becoming more effective advocates for their children. Head Start is designed to increase the number of low-income children receiving high-quality, comprehensive early education services that help facilitate healthy development, including physical and social/emotional development, and prepare them for school success. To meet this goal, it is critical that Head Start funds awarded through this funding opportunity announcement do not supplant existing services. Thus, an entity receiving a Head Start grant must 1) expand the number of children it is serving relative to the number it would serve in the absence of the grant, and/or 2) improve the services provided to children it would serve in the absence of the grant (i.e., enhancing quality standards or extending the day). Head Start grantees must, unless a waiver is granted, contribute 20 percent of the total cost of the program from non-federal funds. A waiver may be granted for any of the grounds listed in Section 640(b) of the Head Start Act. No more than 15 percent of total costs may be used for program administration. An HHS official may grant a waiver of the 15 percent limitation on allowable development and administration costs for a Head Start program approving a higher percentage for a specific period of time not to exceed 12 months (45 CFR § 1301.32). Many Head Start programs provide a part-day, center-based program option or a home-based program option for eight or nine months a year. However, grantees have the option of providing full-day, full-year services and, in recent years, an increased number of grantees have been offering this program option, often through collaborations with local child care providers, to help meet the child care needs of parents who are either working or in job training. Head Start agencies are expected to accurately identify the community's need for services and to implement a program design that meets those needs. A program design can be responsive to community needs through partnerships or through direct provision of services using the Head Start grant funding. The Office of Head Start (OHS) is responsible for monitoring the quality of Head Start program services and the grantee's compliance with federal and other applicable requirements. The federal government uses several mechanisms to conduct its oversight. Most notably, each Head Start grantee is subject to onsite
    monitoring reviews. These reviews can either be announced or unannounced. During onsite visits, all aspects of a grantee's program are reviewed, including the quality of the instruction provided using the CLASS instrument, compliance with health and safety requirements, compliance with rules related to children's eligibility for the program, and compliance with financial management requirements. New grantees are reviewed at the end of their first year of operation based on the authority in Section 641A(c)
    of the Head Start Act. As a condition of acceptance of an award under this funding opportunity announcement, all grantees are required to participate fully in ACF-sponsored evaluations and adhere to all evaluation protocols
    established by ACF to be carried out by its designee contractors.
     

    History of Funding

    In FY 2012, Head Start served 956,497 children and families; of these, more than 113,000 participants were served in Early Head Start programs. There are approximately 1,600 Head Start grantees, including 950 grantees providing Early Head Start.

    Additional Information

    Costs of organized fund raising, including financial campaigns, endowment drives, solicitation of gifts and bequests, and similar expenses incurred solely to raise capital or obtain contributions, are considered unallowable costs under grants or cooperative agreements awarded under this funding opportunity
    announcement. Note: Costs incurred for grant application preparation are not considered allowable costs under an award and may not be included in the project budget or budget justification. No more than 15 percent of total costs may be used for program administration. An HHS official may grant a waiver of the 15 percent limitation on allowable development and administration costs for a Head Start program approving a higher percentage for a specific period of time not to exceed 12 months (45 CFR § 1301.32).

    Contacts

    Administration for Children and Families
    8th Floor Portals Building
    Washington, DC 20024
    1-866-763-6481
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants are any local public or private non-profit agencies, including community-based and faith-based organizations, or for-profit agencies within a community, pursuant to the Head Start Act, 42
    U.S.C. § 9836(a)(1). Eligibility is limited to local public or private non-profit organizations, including faith-based organizations or local for-profit organizations in the service area that can provide Head Start services to children and families. In accordance with 45 CFR § 1307.5, grantees terminated for cause by ACF within 5 years prior to the posting date of this funding opportunity announcement are ineligible for competition.
    A Head Start or Early Head Start agency is ineligible for competition when it has had a "denial of refunding" (45 CFR § 1303.2) within 5 years prior to the posting date of this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards under this announcement. See Section III.3. Other.
    Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to review the ACF Policy on Grants to Faith-Based Organizations at:
    http://www.acf.hhs.gov/acf-policy-on-grants-to-faith-based-organizations.

     

    Head Start serves children when they are at least three years old by the date used to determine eligibility for public school in the community where the Head Start program is located. Early Head Start programs enroll pregnant women and infants and toddlers from birth to age three. Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs may enroll children from birth to age five. Families must either have incomes below the poverty line or be eligible for public assistance in order to be eligible for Head Start programs. In addition, homeless children and children in foster care are categorically eligible for Head Start. Children are selected for enrollment based on age and income eligibility and relative level of need with regard to other criteria that are identified within each community (45 CFR § 1305.6). Head Start regulations permit up to 10 percent of enrolled Head Start children to be from families that do not meet these low-income criteria. A new provision in the Head Start Act, as discussed in Section 645(a)(1)(B), allows grantees that can ensure that all eligible children including homeless children are served, to enroll up to an additional 35 percent of its participants from families with incomes greater than or equal to 100 percent, but less than 130 percent, of the poverty line. Additionally, Head Start programs must ensure that at least 10 percent of the total number of children enrolled by the Head Start agency and delegates are children with disabilities unless a waiver is granted. Federal Head Start funds must be used to serve eligible children as described above. Additional children who are not income eligible for Head Start can be served so long as their participation is supported through other funding sources including child care subsidies, public school pre-K allocations, parent paid tuition, or other sources. Such program designs may be beneficial in promoting socioeconomic diversity within classrooms. All costs must be allocated to appropriate funding sources in compliance with federal requirements.

    Deadline Details

    The deadline for electronic application submission was 11:59 p.m., ET, October 21, 2013.

    Award Details

    Estimated total funding varies by by geographic area;

    Holt, Worth, Gentry, Atchison, and Nodaway Counties, Missouri; $1,361,704

    Geary County, Kansas; $1,311,764

    Belmont County, Ohio;  $1,469,886

     Wyandotte County, Kansas; $5,263,034

    Jefferson County, Ohio;  $1,726,254

    Carroll, Clinton, and White Counties, Indiana; $1,055,182

    Bulloch, Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Lincoln, Jenkins, Jefferson, McDuffie, Richmond, Screven, and Warren Counties, Georgia; $500,000-  $10,941,160

    Escambia, Baldwin, and Clarke Counties, Alabama; $500,000- $2,982,056

    Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, and Simpson Counties, Mississippi; $500,000-$6,227,229

    Wilson, Nash, and Edgecombe Counties, North Carolina; $500,000-$4,404,909

    Chambers and Tallapoosa Counties, Alabama; $500,000-$3,270,953

    Lewis County, Washington; $1,496,869

    Bourbon County, Kentucky; $1,090,038

    Alleghany, Ashe, and Wilkes Counties, North Carolina;  $1,416,494

    Missouri and Wisconsin; $500,000-  $2,842,550

    Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; $500,000- $5,760,655

    South Los Angeles, California;  $1,621,721

    Durham County, North Carolina; $500,000- $3,016,003

    Lucas County, Ohio;  $500,000-$12,233,037

    Utah; $500,000- $4,499,033

    Cass County, Nebraska; $956,945

    Fort Morgan and Log Lane in Morgan County, Colorado; $677,37

    City of Worcester in Worcester County, Massachusetts; $500,000-$5,563,450

    Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; $2,167,687

    City of Gloucester and the Towns of Rockport, Ipswich, Manchester, and Essex in Essex County, Massachusetts; $1,457,487 

    Berkshire County, Massachusetts; $500,000- $2,339,764

    Racine County, Wisconsin; $500,000-$3,686,816

    Cities of Southfield and Lathrup Village within Oakland County, Michigan; $1,236,026

    Mercer County, Ohio; $1,017,399

    Waukesha County, Wisconsin; $1,918,985 

    Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan, and Waseca Counties, Minnesota; $500,000-$2,777,494

    Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, La Salle, and Tensas Parishes, Louisiana; $500,000-$3,689,614

    Allen Parish, Louisiana; $964,022

    Galveston County, Texas; $500,000-$2,686,544

    Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia;  $1,165,903 

    Danville County, Virginia; $1,388,498 

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; $500,000-$5,292,712

    Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; $452,502 

    Comal and Guadalupe Counties, Texas;  $2,140,230

    Upshur County, West Virginia; $1,336,981

    Towns of Middletown and Port Jervis, New York; $1,671,097 

    Somerset County, New Jersey; $500,000-$2,769,163

    Lincoln County, New Mexico; $837,433

    Tioga County, New York; $1,242,937 

    Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; $1,830,363

    Hughes and Okfuskee Counties, Oklahoma; $1,320,214 

    Schenectady County, New York; $500,000-$2,868,678 

    Columbia County, New York; $1,313,345

    Bienville, Jackson, Red River, and Winn Parishes, Louisiana; $500,000-$2,314,796

    Monroe, Perry, and Randolph counties, Illinois; $2,196,803

    Grantees must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved cost of the project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum of the ACF (federal) share and the non-federal share. The non-federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash contributions.

     


     


     



     




     

     





     

     






     

     



     


     
     

     



     

        Grantees must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved cost of the project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum of the ACF (federal) share and the non-federal share. The non-federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash contributions.

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