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What’s New
The “What’s New” section contains the latest information relevant to the Head Start community. Each dated entry below provides a brief description and links to the corresponding materials.
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State Advisory Councils - Application Content and Format [ HTML, PDF, 122KB]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (P.L. 111–5) made funding available to improve coordination and collaboration among early childhood education and care programs and services. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces the availability of $100,000,000 total funds made available by ARRA to be awarded to eligible States, Commonwealths and Territories to enable States to develop and implement a plan established by their State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care for children from birth to school entry (referred to as the State Advisory Council).
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Policy Clarifications
Program Instruction
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2008–2009 PIR Survey
The Program Information Report (PIR) Survey has a new look for 2008–2009. The form has been simplified and made easier to understand. To assist programs in preparing for reporting, a PDF copy of the 2008-2009 PIR Survey and the Summary of Changes can be downloaded at http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/pir.
The 2008–2009 reporting cycle begins in late May of 2009. Programs are required to submit the survey within the Head Start Enterprise System (HSES). An email message announcing the opening of the reporting website will be sent to all program directors.
Please direct questions on the 2008–2009 PIR to hseshelp@acf.hhs.gov or call 1-866-771-4737.
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Early Head Start ARRA Funding Opportunity
Early Head Start program expansion opportunities have been made available to local public and local non-profit and for-profit private entities, including Early Head Start and Head Start grantees, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
If you are interested in applying for these funds, please visit the grants.gov website, select "new opportunities this week," sort by agency, and the Early Head Start ARRA Expansion will be available to you.
Applicants interested in applying to operate an EHS program under the provisions of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111–5) will find helpful resources on the Office of Head Start’s Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) . General information on applying for an Early Head Start grant and background information on what you will need to implement quality Early Head Start services in compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards is available.
Head Start ARRA Funding Opportunity
Head Start program expansion opportunities have been made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to existing federally funded Head Start agencies. If you are interested in applying for these funds, please visit the grants.gov website, select "new opportunities this week," sort by agency, and the Head Start ARRA Expansion will be available to you.
AIAN Head Start Funding Opportunity
Head Start and Early Head Start program expansion opportunities have been made available for existing federally funded American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start agencies. If you are interested in applying for these funds, please visit the grants.gov website, select "new opportunities this week," sort by agency, and the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Expansion will be available to you.
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Funding Opportunity
Head Start program expansion opportunities have been made available for existing federally funded Migrant and Seasonal Head Start agencies. If you are interested in applying for these funds, please visit the grants.gov website, select "new opportunities this week," sort by agency, and the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Expansion will be available to you.
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One-time Funding Opportunities
As Head Start grantees are considering how best to use their COLA and Quality Improvement Allocations, the Office of Head Start (OHS) wants to inform you that later this fiscal year OHS intends to make available one-time funding to address grantee health and safety issues and to address grantee training and technical assistance needs. As in past years, applicants will need to submit funding requests to their Regional Office and, as in past years, not all applicants will be funded or funded at their full request. Nonetheless, each grantee may wish to consider the pending availability of these funds in making decisions about the most effective use of its COLA and Quality Improvement allocations.
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New Funds Will Improve Head Start and Early Head Start Programs
The Office of Head Start wishes to inform Head Start programs of two pieces of information that we believe will be of interest to you. The first is a news release announcing how the $2.1 billion in funds, made available to Head Start under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), will be used. To read this news release, please visit the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website.
In addition, synopses of both the Head Start expansion and the Early Head Start expansion announcements were posted yesterday on grants.gov. If you are interested in reading the synopses, please visit the grants.gov website, select "new opportunities this week," sort by agency, and both synopses (HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-SH-0087 and HHS-2009-ACF-OHS-SH-0089) will be available to you.
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The Office of Head Start is holding its annual Consultation Sessions with leaders of Tribal governments operating Head Start and Early Head Start programs. Consultation Sessions have currently been scheduled in the following regions:
April 21, 2009 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 5, 2009 - Tucson, Arizona
May 13, 2009 - Marksville, Louisiana
May 26, 2009 - Anchorage, Alaska
The purpose of these Consultation sessions is to solicit input on ways to better meet the needs of Indian, including Alaska Native, children and their families, taking into consideration funding allocations, distribution formulas, and other issues affecting the delivery of Head Start services in their geographic locations. Specific topics include policy, research, Head Start/Early Head Start conversion, program quality, and monitoring.
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Information Memorandum
Information Memorandum
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Program Instruction
Program Instruction
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HSES GABI Announcement
The Grant Application Budget Instrument (GABI) is now available as a web-based system exclusively in the Head Start Enterprise System (HSES). Grantees with a budget start date of June 1, 2009 are asked to submit their GABI through HSES.
Grantees and their delegates can access GABI by logging in to HSES. Training materials are available by selecting Instructions on the left side of the screen. Previous desktop versions of GABI will no longer be supported.
For questions or assistance, please contact the HSES Help Desk at 1-866-771-4737 or via e-mail at hseshelp@acf.hhs.gov.
HSES GABI Frequently Asked Questions [PDF, 56KB]
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Program Instruction
Program Instruction
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