Head Start
Department Of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families
The Head Start program promotes school readiness by enhancing the cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to their enrollees - low-income children and families, including those on federally recognized tribal reservations and migratory farm workers. The program is designed to involve parents in their child’s learning and development, and to help parents make progress toward
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Helps vulnerable young children and their families access early learning and health services. Programs serve infants to 4-year-olds nationwide through local agencies.
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What Benefits Are Offered?
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Reach out to local OCSE Regional Program Office for assistance
- Research and analyze application preparation
- Prepare and organize the application and program development plan
- Submit the completed application packet
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/tribal-child-support-programs
- 📤Submission Method
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- Tribal Introduction
- Program Development Plan
- Standard Form (SF) SF-424
- SF-424A
- Documentation to support the SF-424 and SF-424A
- 📎Optional Documents
- Appendix (optional)
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- 📥Templates Available
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- No specific letters of support required mentioned.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- 100% of approved and allowable expenditures
- 📏Expense Caps
- Total award cannot exceed $500,000, typically awarded as $250,000 per year
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- progress report
- annual funding request
- annual budget
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards
- 📢Branding Requirements
- acknowledgment of federal funding
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $254,000,000 (minimum $11.86).
This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.
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