ACYF Administration on Children, Youth and Families	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families
	1. Log No. ACYF-IM-HS-96-11	2. Issuance Date: 05/17/96
	3. Originating Office: Head Start Bureau
	4. Key Word: Child Care

INFORMATION MEMORANDUM [See Attachment at the bottom]

TO: All Head Start Grantees and Delegate Agencies

SUBJECT: Announcing funding availability for the Early Childhood Development Program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

INFORMATION: HUD announces the availability of $21 million to assist non profit organizations in providing early childhood development services for lower income families who reside in public housing, and for homeless families or those at risk of becoming homeless. Agencies serving Federally designated urban and rural Enterprise Zones/Empowerment Communities (EZ/ECs) are eligible. Head Start grantees have been among the successful applicants and partners in previous competitions. This is a HUD competition and interested parties should contact HUD directly.

For further information contact: Elizabeth A. Butler, Office of Economic Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 7134, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20410, Fax (202) 708-7543. Applications are due on June 26, 1996.

/S/
Olivia A. Golden
Commissioner,
Administration on Children, Youth and Families

Attachment:
Notice of Funding Availability for the Early Childhood Development Program