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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Notice of Program Announcement No. ACF/ACYF 98-05; Fiscal Year 
1998 Discretionary Announcement for Head Start; Availability of Funds 
and Request for Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of FY 1998 Head Start availability of financial 
assistance and request for applications.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families announces 
financial assistance to be competitively awarded to local public and 
private non-profit entities--including current Head Start grantees--to 
provide Head Start services to pre-school age children in geographical 
areas currently unserved by Head Start. Head Start programs provide 
comprehensive child development and family support services to low-
income families. The purpose of the Head Start program is to enhance 
children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development; 
to support parents' efforts to fulfill their parental roles; and to 
help parents move toward self-sufficiency.
    The funds available will be competitively awarded to eligible 
applicants to: (1) serve Head Start-eligible children living in 
geographical areas that are not currently served by Head Start; (2) 
serve Head Start-eligible children living on Federally-recognized 
Indian reservations where a Head Start program does not currently 
operate; and (3) serve Head Start-eligible children of migrant farm 
workers in geographical areas that are not currently served by a 
Migrant Head Start program.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of applications is 4:30 p.m. EDT on 
July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the program announcement and 
necessary application forms can be obtained by contacting: Head Start 
Competition, ACYF Operations Center, 225 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 
415, Arlington, VA 22202. The telephone number is 1-800-351-2293. The 
fax number is 1-703-416-6077.
    Copies of the program announcement can be downloaded from the Head 
Start web site at: www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Eligible Applicants: Applicants eligible to apply to become a Head 
Start program are local public and private non-profit agencies. (For 
Indian reservations, eligible applicants are the Tribal governments of 
unserved reservations that wish to initiate a Head Start program or 
agencies designated by these Tribal governments.)
    Project Duration: Awards will be on a competitive basis and will be 
for a one-year period. The project period is indefinite.
    Federal Share of Project Costs: Grantees that operate Head Start 
programs must, in most instances, provide a non-Federal contribution of 
at least 20 percent of the total approved costs of the project.
    Available Funds: Approximately $4 million is available to fund 
programs that will serve approximately 800 children.
    Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is estimated that 
up to 20 projects will be funded.
    Statutory Authority: The Head Start Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9831 
et seq.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Number 93.600, Head Start.

    Dated: April 8, 1998.
James A. Harrell,
Deputy Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 98-10989 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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