Gearing Up for DRS Start-Up

Apr 21, 2020

This is the time of year that programs who competed for DRS grants in the fall typically begin to receive notification of an award or are contacted by the Office of Head Start (OHS) to begin negotiations. The eighth round of DRS was one of the largest rounds of DRS to date and soon many of the awardees will enter the start up period.

Waiting for a DRS Award? Tips for How to Use the Time!

Jan 28, 2020

If your program submitted an application in DRS Round 8, with most applications due in November 2019, then you might be anxiously anticipating your notice of award. Typically, it is a few months until programs enter negotiations with the Office of Head Start (OHS)....

11 HS/EHS Grants Forecasted and Some are DRS

Oct 11, 2019

On October 10, 2019, Head Start/Early Head Start grant forecasts were added to grants.gov. Eleven grants are forecasted, and some appear to be DRS. Other forecasts are for CDI replacement grants. In other words, they are grants currently being implemented by Community...

180 DRS Grant Competitions Open

Sep 17, 2019

Over the last few days, 180 DRS Round 8 grant competitions went live on grants.gov. The deadline for DRS grant proposals is November 12, 2019 for most of the competitions. For Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) that posted on Monday, September 16, the deadline...

DRS FOAs Have Started to Post to Grants.gov

Sep 12, 2019

DRS Round 8 Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) are in the process of being posted. From what we have seen so far, it looks like there are multiple formats of the DRS FOA. There are formats for Head Start/Early Head Start grants, EHS Expansion and EHS-CCP grants,...

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