On October 1, 2015 OHS released most of the forecasted DRS4 FOAs to grants.gov. Interestingly, there were 98 on the forecast and there are 91 on grants.gov now.
These service areas were forecasted but have not, yet, arrived at grants.gov: 1) CA: City of Oakland, 2) LA: Ouachita Parish, 3) MI: Oakland County, 4) MI: Wayne County with the exception of the City of Detroit, 5) RI: Washington County including Block Island, 6) WA: King County, outside the city limits of Seattle and Pierce County outside Tacoma School District boundaries, and 7) WA: Snohomish County with the exception of the Communities of Arlington, Granite Falls, Marysville and Sultan.
If your service area is listed below, the your DRS4 FOA is on grants.gov.
They are due on November 30, 2015. Analysis of DRS4 FOA is underway and we will share that soon.
Alabama
Barbour, Covington, Henry, and Geneva Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Clay, Randolph, and Talladega Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Alaska
Municipality of Anchorage – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Arizona
Maricopa County, excluding the City of Phoenix – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Arkansas
Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Van Buren Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Little River, Miller, Sevier and Howard Counties – Head Start
Colorado
Yuma County – Head Start
Connecticut
Tolland and Windham Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Florida
Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy and Marion Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Brevard County – Early Head Start
Taylor County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Gulf, Calhoun, Liberty, Wakulla, and Madison Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Lake County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Georgia
Cobb, Hall, Hart, Rabun, Union, Dawson, Gilmer, Forsyth, Pickens, Habersham, Stephens, Gwinnett, Franklin, Cherokee, Lumpkin, Douglas, Fannin, White, Towns, and Banks Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Dodge, Jones, Peach, Wilcox, Laurens, Telfair, Bleckley, Treutlen, Montgomery, Wilkinson, Crawford, Wheeler, Pulaski, Houston, and Twiggs Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Ware, Bacon, Clinch, Pierce, Appling, Atkinson, Charlton, Jeff Davis, Brantley, Candler, Toombs, and Coffee Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Hawaii
Island of Oahu and Big Island of Hawaii – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Idaho
Adams, Canyon, Gem, Payette, Washington, Owyhee and Valley Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Power, and Twin Falls Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Illinois
Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, and Macoupin Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Indiana
DeKalb County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Grant County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Iowa
Adams, Madison, Ringgold, Taylor, and Union Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Delaware, Dubuque, and Jackson Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Kansas
Barton, Pawnee, Rice and Stafford Counties – Head Start
Cowley County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Geary County – Head Start
Harper and Sedgwick Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Shawnee County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Kentucky
Jefferson County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Oldham County – Head Start
Louisiana
Caddo Parish – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Evangeline Parish – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Jefferson Parish – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Vernon Parish – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Maine
York County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Maryland
Anne Arundel County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Massachusetts
City of Boston – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Michigan
Branch County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Lenawee County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Muskegon and Oceana Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Minnesota
Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon and Redwood Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Mississippi
Adams, Amite, Jefferson, and Wilkinson Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Hinds County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Missouri
Camden, Crawford, Gasconade, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, and Pulaski Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Franklin and Jefferson Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
St. Louis County, and Portions of the City of St. Louis – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Nebraska
Lancaster and Saunders Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
New Jersey
Hoboken, Jersey City, and the City of Plainfield – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Ironbound section of the City of Newark – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Union City and the Towns of North Bergen, West New York, and Kearney – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
New Mexico
Bernalillo, Rio Arriba, and Taos Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Grant County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
New York
Chenango County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Clinton and Franklin Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Dutchess County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
North Carolina
Anson, Union, and Richmond Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Duplin County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
McDowell County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Pitt, Martin, and Beaufort Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
North Dakota
Burleigh, Kidder, Logan, Emmons, and McIntosh Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Grand Forks, Nelson, Steele, and Traill Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Ohio
Clinton County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Portions of Cuyahoga County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Geauga and Lake Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Oklahoma
Elk City in Beckham County, and Greer, Harmon, and Jackson Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Lincoln and Seminole Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Pennsylvania
Chester County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Crawford and Venango Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Fayette County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Franklin and Cumberland Counties, and the Community of Gardners within Adams County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Washington and Greene Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Westmoreland County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Puerto Rico
Barrios within the Municipality of Las Piedras – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Municipality of Carolina – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Municipality of Vega Alta and Barrios within the Municipalities of San Juan, Coamo, and Catano – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
South Carolina
Charleston, Berkeley, Calhoun, and Dorchester Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
South Dakota
Tennessee
Dyer, Lake, Henry, Benton, Tipton, Fayette, Weakley, Lauderdale, Crockett, Madison, Carroll, Gibson, and Obion Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Henry, Gibson, and Weakley Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Texas
Andrews, Crane, Dawson, Gaines, Glasscock, Martin, and Upton Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lynn, Lubbock, Terry, and Yoakum Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Erath, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, and Wise Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Hidalgo County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Virginia
Cities of Newport News and Hampton – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Fairfax County including the Cities of Falls Church and Fairfax – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Washington
Kittitas County – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Wisconsin
Adams, Columbia, Dodge, Juneau, and Sauk Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Grant, Iowa, Lafayette and Richland Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Startv
Rock and Walworth Counties – Head Start and/or Early Head Start
Thank you
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