The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start (OHS) will solicit applications from public or private non-profit organizations, including community-based and faith-based organizations, or for-profit organizations that wish to compete for funds to provide high-quality, comprehensive services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families through Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships, or through the expansion of Early Head Start services.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/06/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The EHS program is administered by ACF, an operating division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACF intends to fund applications that demonstrate an organization’s commitment and capacity to operate an EHS program that raises the quality of early care and education in the community and helps children start school ready to succeed.
These EHS-CC Partnerships will enhance and support early learning settings to provide full-day, full-year, comprehensive services that:
- Meet the needs of low-income working families;
- Enhance access to high-quality, full-time child care;
- Support the development of infants and toddlers through strong relationship-based experiences;
- Prepare children for the transition into preschool.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $29,221,775
- Award Ceiling: $29,221,775
- Award Floor: $1,224,493
Grant Period
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
