Office of Head Start

Grants for the operation of Head Start and Early Head Start programs may be awarded to either public or private, for profit or nonprofit organizations, or public school systems. If there is a current program in a community, that grantee will continue to serve in that capacity until they decide they no longer want to be a sponsoring agency, or unless Head Start funds going to the agency are terminated for cause. If a grantee gives up or loses funding, Head Start funds will remain in the community previously served by that agency and will be awarded to another eligible organization through a competitive process.

In years when additional funds are available for expanding Head Start and Early Head Start services, these funds may go to existing agencies to increase their enrollment of children. Otherwise, these funds will be awarded to new grantees through a competitive process, particularly in a geographic area that requires more service to meet the needs of the population.

For complete information on Head Start funding opportunities, visit the Office of Head Start website.

Recovery Act Funding Opportunities

Application Due Date	Publication Date	Announcement Title	Funding Opportunity Number
07/09/2009	05/08/2009	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Early Head Start Expansion	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-SA-0087
06/23/2009	05/08/2009	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Head Start Expansion	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-SH-0089

Open Funding Opportunities

Application Due Date	Publication Date	Announcement Title	Funding Opportunity Number
06/23/2009	05/08/2009	Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Expansion	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-CM-0099
06/23/2009	05/08/2009	American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Expansion	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-CI-0097
04/20/2009	02/17/2009	Head Start Replacement Grantee: Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-CH-R06-7001
04/20/2009	02/17/2009	Early Head Start Replacement Grantee: Northeast Harris County, Texas	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-CH-R06-7002
04/20/2009	02/17/2009	Early Head Start Replacement Grantee: St. Louis City, Missouri	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-CH-R07-7001
04/20/2009	02/17/2009	Head Start Replacement Grantee: Northern San Diego County, California (Borrego Springs, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Escondido, Poway, Ramona and Solana Beach)	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-CH-R09-7002
04/20/2009	02/17/2009	Early Head Start Replacement Grantee: Northern San Diego County, California (Borrego Springs, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Escondido, Poway, Ramona and Solana Beach)	HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-CH-R09-7003

The Office of Head Start Discretionary Grant Questions & Answers

The Office of Head Start will be posting a summary of all submitted questions, and OHS responses weekly on http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/Program%20Design%20and%20Management/Expansion.  Any questions that a potential applicant chooses to submit to OHS during the posting of each grant announcement should be directed to the contacts published in the program announcement.  If you have questions, please contact the ACYF Operations Center at (866) 796-1591 or OHS@dixongroup.com.

Standing Announcements

No grant opportunities are currently available for this area. Please check our ACF Grants Opportunities site or Grants.gov for other grant information.

Resources

Grant Forms and Related Documents

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