Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OHS HI 1394
The American Indian and Alaska Native Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2019 ACF OHS HI 1394) is a discretionary federal grant program run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Office of Head Start (OHS). Its purpose is to increase the availability of high-quality, comprehensive early childhood services for low-income American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) infants and toddlers (generally birth to age 3) and to better support their families. The program focuses on two main approaches: creating or strengthening Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships with child care providers, and/or expanding the number of children served through Early Head Start services. In practical terms, this funding is aimed at helping communities add more infant/toddler slots, raise service quality, and integrate child development, health, and family support components in settings that work for AIAN families.
ACF anticipated awarding about $4.1 million in total funding through a competitive process, with an expected six awards. Individual awards could be as high as $1,000,000. The funding activity category is Income Security and Social Services, and it is associated with CFDA number 93.600 (Head Start). Applications were required to be submitted electronically via Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the published due date (the original closing date listed was November 30, 2018), which signals that the opportunity followed standard federal submission rules, including registration and technical submission requirements that can take time to complete.
A wide range of organizations were eligible to apply, as long as they met the eligibility requirements described in section 645A of the Head Start Act. Eligible applicants included federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other Native American tribal organizations, as well as public entities such as county and city governments, independent school districts, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and public or state-controlled colleges and universities. Private entities were also eligible, including nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses. This broad eligibility reflects the program goal of expanding capacity quickly by allowing tribes, community organizations, education institutions, and child care partners to participate, provided they can meet Head Start/Early Head Start performance expectations and deliver comprehensive services.
The central emphasis of the opportunity is quality and comprehensiveness for infants and toddlers, not simply increasing enrollment. Early Head Start and EHS-CC Partnership models are designed to provide coordinated child development services along with family-centered supports, which typically include developmental screening and ongoing assessment, health and wellness promotion, and connections to services families may need. EHS-CC Partnerships, in particular, are meant to blend Early Head Start standards and supports with the supply and scheduling flexibility of community child care, improving the overall quality of infant/toddler care while maintaining reliable child care options for working families. For AIAN communities, this can also align with culturally and linguistically responsive services when programs are designed and operated by tribes or tribal-serving organizations.
For prospective applicants, OHS pointed applicants to ACFs grants "How To" resources (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/howto#chapter-4), which cover the practical steps of preparing and submitting a federal application. That guidance typically helps applicants understand Grants.gov registration, required forms and attachments, submission troubleshooting, and what to expect from the federal review process. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as targeted federal investment to expand and strengthen early childhood systems for AIAN infants and toddlers by growing Early Head Start capacity and building durable partnerships that raise the quality of infant/toddler child care in communities with high need.Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OHS HI 1394
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OHS in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "American Indian and Alaska Native Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.600.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 29, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 30, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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