Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R02 1099
This funding opportunity, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start (OHS), seeks applicants to operate Head Start and/or Early Head Start services for eligible children and families living in Hoboken, Jersey City, and the City of Plainfield, New Jersey. The intent is to fund a high-quality, comprehensive birth-to-five continuum, meaning applicants may propose a program that blends both Head Start (generally preschool-age) and Early Head Start (prenatal to age three) funding into a coordinated approach, or they may apply to operate Head Start only or Early Head Start only in the specified service area. The annual funding available is $5,893,103, and OHS anticipates making up to two awards under this competition.
A key practical note in this announcement is that the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) was modified. The application due date was changed, and edits were made to FOA Sections III.2 (eligibility-related details) and IV.2 (application submission and formatting instructions). Because the Grants.gov application package was revised, applicants are required to re-download the updated package and submit using that version rather than an older download. The FOA also points applicants to Section IV.2 for specific instructions on uploading three required application files, which implies that submission compliance and file formatting are important to avoid technical disqualification. For questions or clarifications, applicants are directed to contact the OHS Operations Center at OHSTech@reviewops.org.
Eligibility depends on whether an organization is applying for Head Start, Early Head Start, or both. For applicants seeking Head Start only or a combined Head Start and Early Head Start program, eligible entities are limited to local public or private nonprofit 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 identified communities 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. In other words, it is not enough to simply be an eligible type of organization; the application must show the organization can operate as an official Head Start/Early Head Start grantee and meet the program’s legal and operational standards.
For applicants seeking Early Head Start only, eligibility is broader under Section 645A(d) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840A(d)). Eligible applicants may be any public or private nonprofit agency (including faith-based and community-based organizations) or a for-profit agency in the service area that can provide Early Head Start services to children and families residing there. The FOA also clarifies that organizations already operating Head Start programs are allowed to operate Early Head Start programs as well, which supports expansions or transitions by established early childhood providers. Faith-based and community organizations are explicitly eligible if they meet program requirements, and they are encouraged to review ACF’s policy guidance on grants to faith-based organizations (referenced in the FOA).
The opportunity is a discretionary grant (not a formula award), listed under CFDA 93.600, and associated with the funding activity area of Income Security and Social Services. The FOA’s eligibility listings include a wide range of organizational categories that may apply depending on their status and role in the service area, including various levels of government, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, tribal governments (federally recognized), school districts, institutions of higher education (public and private), nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, and for-profit organizations (including small businesses as broadly categorized in the source listing). However, the FOA is explicit that individuals, including sole proprietorships, are not eligible, and foreign entities are not eligible; applications from those parties will be disqualified from competitive review and cannot be funded.
From a competitive standpoint, the grant is aimed at operators capable of delivering the full scope of Head Start/Early Head Start expectations: comprehensive early learning services plus family support and other required components typical of these programs, across the birth-to-five range if applying for both funding streams. The announcement’s focus on “high-quality” programming signals that applicants should be prepared to demonstrate organizational capacity, community reach in Hoboken/Jersey City/Plainfield, and readiness to comply with Head Start Program Performance Standards and Head Start Act requirements. The award ceiling is listed as $5,893,103 (matching the annual amount described), the original closing date is shown as 2015-12-15 in the source data (with the important caveat that the FOA states the due date has changed), and the opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2016-ACF-OHS-CH-R02-1099.Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R02 1099
- 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 - Hoboken, Jersey City, and the City of Plainfield, New Jersey" 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 $5,893,103.00 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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| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1020 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1020 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $5,437,863 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Crawford and Venango Counties, Pennsylvania Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1022 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1022 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $3,874,134 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Barrios within the Municipality of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R02 1028 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R02 1028 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $1,110,264 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Chester County, Pennsylvania Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1016 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1016 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $2,881,192 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Fayette County, Pennsylvania Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1019 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1019 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $7,367,067 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Clinton County, Ohio Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R05 1052 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R05 1052 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $948,376 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Franklin and Cumberland Counties, and the Community of Gardners within Adams County, Pennsylvania Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1032 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1032 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $928,423 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - York County, Maine Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R01 1017 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R01 1017 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $2,502,975 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Anne Arundel County, Maryland Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1029 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1029 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $3,057,335 |
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| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Branch County, Michigan Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R05 1057 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R05 1057 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $2,469,548 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Cities of Newport News and Hampton, Virginia Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1031 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1031 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $4,234,121 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Fairfax County including the Cities of Falls Church and Fairfax, Virginia Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1098 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R03 1098 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $7,851,042 |
| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Rock and Walworth Counties, Wisconsin Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R05 1051 Funding Number: HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R05 1051 Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $4,470,879 |
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