On January 24, 2024, eight Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) for Designation Renewal System (DRS) grant opportunities posted on grants.gov. Grant applications are due March 26, 2024. In addition to accessing NOFOs on grants.gov, they are downloadable from the Office of Head Start (OHS) NOFO Locator.
Service areas with grants open for competition, estimated funding amounts, and estimated numbers of awards are listed below.
California – Head Start/Early Head Start
- Contra Costa County ($29,661,911.00, 5 awards)
Georgia – Head Start/Early Head Start
- Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett Counties ($4,199,306.00, 2 awards)
Illinois – Head Start/Early Head Start
- Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, and Union Counties ($6,235,589.00, 2 awards)
Indiana – Head Start/Early Head Start
- Tippecanoe County ($3,710,692.00, 2 awards)
Massachusetts – Head Start/Early Head Start
- Bedford, Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, Pepperell, Tewksbury, Westford, Wilmington – All within Middlesex County, Massachusetts ($9,699,915.00, 3 awards)
Pennsylvania – Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership
- Communities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ($6,914,508.00, 2 awards)
Pennsylvania – Head Start/Early Head Start
- Luzerne and Wyoming Counties ($10,826,599.00, 3 awards)
Virginia – Head Start/Early Head Start
- City of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson Counties, Virginia ($3,365,187.00, 2 awards)
There is a 9-week turnaround for grant applications, which is typical for DRS competitions. Note that grants.gov goes down for scheduled maintenance every month, and you will not be able to access grants.gov during an outage. There are two scheduled outages during the application timeline – February 17-19, 2024 and March 16-18, 2024.
Foundations for Families offers a variety of Consulting Services to support programs in DRS. If your program has the capacity to write its own grant application but needs help with the timeline, template, and process, consider Foundations for Families’ DRS Toolkit. Please be in touch to learn more. We would be glad to speak with you about your program’s needs.
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