Head Start

Within two business days after your application package has been received by the Grants.gov system, you will receive a submission receipt email which indicates that your submission has entered the Grants.gov system and is ready for validation.

This email also contains a tracking number for use while tracking the status of the submission as well as a "Track My Application" link to use to see the progress of your submission.

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After you receive the submission receipt email, the next email you will receive will be a message validating or rejecting your submitted application package with errors. The Grants.gov system is designed to check for technical errors within the submitted application package. Grants.gov does not review application content for award determination.

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Rejected with Errors Email
Indicates that Grants.gov was unable to process your application because of an error(s) and cannot accept the application until you correct the error(s) and successfully resubmit the application. You will receive email notification with information on how to log on to the application section of grants.gov to view the reason of the rejection to be able to correct the error and re-submit.

Once your application package has passed validation, it is delivered to the Office of Head Start for award determination and further approval. After the Office of Head start has confirmed receipt of your application, you will be sent a third and final email from Grants.gov. The Office of Head Start may also assign your application package an agency-specific tracking number for use within their internal system.

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If a grantor agency-specific tracking number is assigned to your application package, you will receive an email from Grants.gov indicating that an agency-specific tracking number has been assigned to your application package. The agency-specific tracking number is not included in this email.

The grantor agency will send you an email containing their tracking number, this tracking number can only be used to track your application package within the grantor agency's system.

If you have questions about an application submission that is assigned an agency-specific tracking number, please address the grantor agency directly. Grantor contact information can be found on the synopsis for the funding opportunity, and the cover page of the application.

Please Note:To track your application within the Grants.gov system you must use the tracking number assigned to you by Grants.gov (the Grants.gov tracking number is sent in the submission receipt email).

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The Office of Head Start will provide acknowledgement of receipt of hard copy application packages submitted via mail or courier services. Application receipt postcards are mailed from the OHS Operations Center and provide the applicant their grant application tracking number for future reference.

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