Availability of Early Head Start Funds for Fiscal Year 1998

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-98-06	2. Issuance Date: 03/26/98
	3. Originating Office: Head Start Bureau
	4. Key Word: Early Head Start Funding for FY 1998

INFORMATION MEMORANDUM

TO: All Early Head Start Grantees and Head Start Grantees and Delegate Agencies

SUBJECT: Availability of Early Head Start Funds for Fiscal Year 1998

INFORMATION: Attached for your information is a copy of Federal Register Notice announcing the availability of financial assistance for the Early Head Start program for fiscal year (FY) 1998 in order to establish or expand Early Head Start programs. See the attached for information on how to obtain a copy of the program announcement. The due date for applications is June 25, 1998.

/S/
Helen H. Taylor
Associate Commissioner
Head Start Bureau

CC: Regional Administrators, ACF, Regions I-X
American Indian and Migrant Programs Branches

4184-01P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Notice of Program Announcement No. ACF/ACYF 98-04

Fiscal Year 1998 Discretionary Announcement for Early Head Start; Availability of Funds and Request for Applications.

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of FY 1998 Early Head Start availability of financial assistance and request for applications.

SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families announces financial assistance to be competitively awarded to local public and non-profit private entities -- including Early Head Start and Head Start grantees -- to provide child and family development services for low-income families with children under age three and pregnant women. Early Head Start programs provide early, continuous, intensive and comprehensive child development and family support services on a year-round basis to low-income families. The purpose of the Early Head Start program is to enhance children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development; to support parents' efforts to fulfill their parental roles; and to help parents move toward self-sufficiency. The funds available will be competitively awarded to eligible applicants to operate Early Head Start programs in unserved or underserved areas. Grants will be competitively awarded: (1) to eligible applicants, including current Head Start and Early Head Start grantees, to operate Early head Start programs in geographic areas not currently served by existing Early Head Start programs; and (2) to existing Early Head Start grantees for the purpose of expanding enrollment in underserved areas within their current service areas.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of applications is 4:30 p.m. EDT on June 25, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: A copy of the program announcement and necessary application forms can be obtained by contacting:

Early Head Start Administration on Children,
Youth and Families Operations Center 1225 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 415
Arlington, VA 22202.

The telephone number is 1-800-351-2293. The fax number is 1-703-416-6077.

Copies of the program announcement can be downloaded from the Head Start web site at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Eligible Applicants: Applicants eligible to apply to become an Early Head Start program are public agencies and private nonprofit agencies. Early Head Start and Head Start grantees are eligible to apply.

Project Duration: Awards will be on a competitive basis and will be for a one-year period. The project period will be for five years.

Federal Share of Project Costs: Grantees that operate Early head Start programs must, in most instances, provide a non-Federal contribution of at least 20 percent of the total approved costs of the project.

Available Funds: Approximately $70 million is available to fund programs that will serve at least 10,000 children.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is estimated that up to 100 project will be funded.

Statutory Authority: The Head Start Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Number 93.600, Head Start.

03/18/1998
Carol W. Williams
Acting Deputy Commissioner
Administration on Children,
Youth and Families