| Agency/Office |
Department of Health and Human Services/Administration of Children and Families |
| Program Name |
Head Start |
| CFDA Number |
93.600 |
| Program Description |
The Head Start program provides funding to promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of low-income children, including children on federally recognized reservations and children of migratory farm workers, through the provision of comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services; and to involve parents in their children's learning and to help parents make progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. Head Start also emphasizes the significant involvement of parents in the administration of their local Head Start programs. |
| Eligible Grantees |
Eligible grantees include any local government, federally-recognized Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit or for profit agency. Grantee agencies may subcontract with other child-serving agencies to provide services to Head Start children. |
| Eligible Beneficiaries |
At least 90 percent of the enrollees in a program must come from families whose income is below the poverty guidelines. Training and technical assistance grants are available to Head Start programs and to agencies that provide services to Head Start programs. |
| Historic Appropriation Level (in 000s) |
$6,168,883 |
| Eligible Activities |
Head Start/Early Head Start programs are for children from birth up to the age when the child enters the school system, however, Head Start programs only serve pre-school age children (i.e. children three or four years old) while Early Head Start programs serve children from birth through age three. No less than 10 percent of the total enrollment opportunities in each Head Start program shall be available for children with disabilities. |
| Program Contact |
Head Start Bureau
202-205-8572 |
| Program URL |
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/ |
| Grants.gov Link |
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=1523&mode=VIEW |
