Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R06 1053
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Office of Head Start (OHS), is seeking applicants to become the Head Start and/or Early Head Start grantee serving Elk City in Beckham County, along with Greer, Harmon, and Jackson Counties in Oklahoma. The goal of this funding opportunity is to support a high-quality, comprehensive birth-to-five early childhood program. Applicants may propose to operate a combined Head Start and Early Head Start program (covering prenatal services through age five), or they may apply to operate only Head Start or only Early Head Start, depending on their capacity and the needs they intend to address in the service area.
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) has been modified, and the most important practical impact is that the application due date changed and certain application instructions were updated. Specifically, the FOA notes revisions to Sections III.2 and IV.2, and it emphasizes that the Grants.gov application package itself was revised. Because of that revision, applicants are required to re-download the application package from Grants.gov and submit their application using the updated forms. The FOA also points applicants to Section IV.2 for instructions on how to upload the three required application files, which is a detail that can easily cause submission problems if not followed exactly.
The available federal funding is listed as $2,446,335 per year to provide Head Start and/or Early Head Start services for eligible children and families in the defined Oklahoma service area. The opportunity is a discretionary grant, categorized under income security and social services, and associated with CFDA number 93.600. The FOA anticipates making up to two awards, although the exact number of awards can depend on the applications received and the program structure proposed. The award ceiling is also shown as $2,446,335, aligning with the annual funding amount stated in the announcement.
Eligibility depends on whether an applicant is seeking to operate Head Start, Early Head Start, or both, and the FOA stresses that these requirements are not identical. For entities applying to operate Head Start only, or to operate both Head Start and Early Head Start, eligibility is limited to local public or private non-profit agencies (including community-based and faith-based organizations) or local for-profit agencies located in the service area, consistent with Section 641(a)(1) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836(a)(1)). These applicants must be able to deliver Head Start services within the service area and must demonstrate they meet the statutory requirements to be designated as a Head Start and/or Early Head Start agency under the Head Start Act.
For entities applying to operate Early Head Start only, eligibility is broader in the sense that it is tied to Section 645A(d) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840A(d)). Eligible applicants may be any public or private non-profit agency (including community-based and faith-based organizations) or for-profit agencies in the service area that can provide Early Head Start services to children and families residing there. The FOA clarifies that organizations already operating Head Start programs may also apply to operate Early Head Start, and that faith-based and community organizations meeting the statutory requirements are eligible to receive awards. It also directs faith-based applicants to review the ACF policy on grants to faith-based organizations (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/acf-policy-on-grants-to-faith-based-organizations) to understand federal rules that protect religious liberty while maintaining requirements around program delivery and use of federal funds.
The FOA lists a wide range of applicant types that may be eligible depending on the Head Start versus Early Head Start pathway and local status requirements. These include state, county, and city/township governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. At the same time, the announcement is explicit that applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and from foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding.
Key administrative details from the source listing include the funding opportunity number HHS-2016-ACF-OHS-CH-R06-1053, the agency name Administration for Children and Families - OHS, and an original closing date shown as 2015-12-15 (with the FOA also stating that the due date changed as part of the modification). For questions or additional information, applicants are directed to contact the OHS Operations Center by email at OHSTech@reviewops.org, which is particularly relevant given the emphasis on using the revised Grants.gov package and correctly uploading the required application files.Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R06 1053
- The Administration for Children and Families - OHS in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Elk City in Beckham County, and Greer, Harmon, and Jackson Counties, Oklahoma" 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 2015-10-01.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-12-15. (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 $2,446,335.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, 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, 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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