Many recompetition RFPS were released today. If you were/are in Nashville but signed up for the email alerts, you might have this in your inbox when you get home:
Head Start Funding Opportunities Now Available
Today, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of Head Start funding in 97 Head Start service areas across the country. The funding opportunities announced today are open to all eligible organizations, and applicants have 90 days to submit their grant proposals online through www.Grants.gov.
The funding opportunity announcements will be released in two groups. The Office of Head Start is using this approach to plan potential transitions at natural breaks in services, minimizing disruptions to children, families and staff. Funding opportunity announcements for the first group of service areas are available today and are posted on ACF’s Funding Opportunities site. Additional funding opportunity announcements will be available in May.
In an effort to provide relevant information and support for all applicants, the Office of Head Start has created an Applicant Support Website. This interactive website offers a robust collection of resources intended to support organizations in gaining a deeper understanding of the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, the funding opportunity announcement, and the evaluation criteria for health and safety, fiscal integrity, and measures of Head Start classroom quality.
In our continued effort to make this simpler, we’ve taken the odd sorting from the funding opportunities site and reorganized it by state and alphabetically. It really seems easier to us:
Arkansas
Head Start Grantee – Grant and Jefferson Counties, Arkansas
Early Head Start Grantee – Communities within Pulaski and Garland Counties, Arkansas
California
Head Start Grantee – San Mateo County, California
Head Start Grantee – Contra Costa County, California
Early Head Start Grantee – Contra Costa County, California
Early Head Start Grantee – San Mateo County, California
Connecticut
Florida
Early Head Start Grantee – Cities of Apalachicola, Southport, and Panama City, Florida
Head Start Grantee – Cities of Apalachicola, Southport, and Panama City, Florida
Illinois
Head Start Grantee – Winnebago County, Illinois
Head Start Grantee – Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, and Union Counties, Illinois
Early Head Start Grantee – Peoria County, Illinois
Head Start Grantee – Bond, Clinton, Marion, Washington, and Franklin Counties, Illinois
Early Head Start Grantee – Winnebago County, Illinois
Head Start Grantee – Peoria County, Illinois
Indiana
Early Head Start Grantee – Wayne County, Indiana
Early Head Start Grantee – Clark County, Indiana
Head Start Grantee – Clark County, Indiana
Head Start Grantee – Wayne County, Indiana
Head Start Grantee – Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Early Head Start Grantee – Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Iowa
Early Head Start Grantee – Clarke and Decatur Counties, Iowa
Early Head Start Grantee – Carroll, Dallas, Greene and Guthrie Counties, Iowa
Head Start Grantee – Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Counties, Iowa
Head Start Grantee – Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, and Sac Counties, Iowa
Louisiana
Early Head Start Grantee – Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Head Start Grantee – Lincoln and Union Parishes, Louisiana
Head Start Grantee – St. Mary and Vermilion Parishes, Louisiana
Head Start Grantee – Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Head Start Grantee – Natchitoches and Desoto Parishes, Louisiana
Maryland
Head Start Grantee – Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s Counties, Maryland
Michigan
Early Head Start Grantee – Barry, Calhoun, and St. Joseph Counties, Michigan
Head Start Grantee – Washtenaw County, Michigan
Head Start Grantee – Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Head Start Grantee – Barry, Calhoun, and St. Joseph Counties, Michigan
Minnesota
Early Head Start Grantee – Norman, Polk, and Steele Counties, Minnesota
Head Start Grantee – Marshall, Norman, and Polk Counties, Minnesota
Head Start Grantee – Western part of Hennepin County and Wright County, Minnesota
Missouri
Head Start Grantee – Jackson, Clay, and Platte Counties, Missouri
Early Head Start Grantee – Jackson, Clay, and Platte Counties, Missouri
Montana
Head Start Grantee – Gallatin, Meagher and Park Counties, Montana
New Jersey
Head Start Grantee – Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, and Salem Counties, New Jersey
Head Start Grantee – Cities of Clifton, Patterson and Prospect Park in Passaic County, New Jersey
New York
Early Head Start – Bronx and New York Counties, New York
Head Start – Albany County, New York
Head Start Grantee – New York, Bronx, Kings, Queens and Richmond Counties, New York
Early Head Start Grantee – Village of Kiryas Joel in Monroe County, New York
Head Start Grantee – Orleans and Genesee Counties, New York
Early Head Start Grantee – Orleans and Genesee Counties, New York
Head Start Grantee – Village of Kiryas Joel in Monroe County, New York
North Dakota
Head Start Grantee – Cass, Ransom, Richland, and Sargent Counties, North Dakota
Early Head Start Grantee – Cass County, North Dakota
Oklahoma
Early Head Start Grantee – Cleveland, Commanche, Pottawatomie and Seminole Counties, Oklahoma
Head Start Grantee – Marshall, Norman, and Polk Counties, Minnesota
Head Start Grantee – Cleveland, Commanche, and Pottawatomie Counties, Oklahoma
Oregon
Head Start Grantee – Clackamas County, Oregon
Early Head Start Grantee – Clackamas County, Oregon
Pennsylvania
Head Start Grantee – Blair County, Pennsylvania
Head Start Grantee – Berks County, Pennsylvania
Head Start Grantee – Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Early Head Start Grantee – Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Head Start Grantee – Municipalities of Canovonas, Carolina, and Loiza, Puerto Rico
Head Start Grantee – San Juan Metro Area, Puerto Rico
Texas
Early Head Start Grantee – Blanco, Caldwell, and Hays Counties, Texas
Head Start Grantee – Southwest Harris County, Texas
Head Start Grantee – Blanco, Caldwell, and Hays Counties, Texas
Head Start Grantee – City of San Antonio (including Bexar County), Texas
Head Start Grantee – Galveston County, Texas
Head Start Grantee – Atasoca, Karnes, and Wilson Counties, Texas
Early Head Start Grantee – Southwest Harris County, Texas
Virginia
Head Start Grantee – City of Winchester; Frederick and Clarke Counties, Virginia
Head Start Grantee – Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Surry, and Sussex Counties, Virginia
Wisconsin
Head Start Grantee – Milwaukee County, including the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wyoming
Early Head Start Grantee – Laramie County, Wyoming
Head Start Grantee – Laramie County, Wyoming
Migrant and Seasonal
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Grantee – Minnesota and North Dakota
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Grantee – Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Grantee – Utah
Thank you.
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If your agency has activated a ‘trigger’ and is facing recompetition – you might want or need guidance. In most cases, we can help you get through this critical period and, if we can’t, we’ll certainly help you find the support you need.
If you are a delegate agency thinking about responding to the upcoming RFP to continue to serve your children and families on your own, but are unsure about grant writing, give us a call.
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