Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R09 1093
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Office of Head Start (OHS), is seeking applicants to serve as the Head Start and/or Early Head Start grantee for Maricopa County, Arizona, specifically excluding the City of Phoenix. The goal is to fund and operate a high-quality, comprehensive birth-to-five early childhood program for eligible children and families in the defined service area. Applicants may propose to run a combined model that includes both Head Start (generally preschool-age services) and Early Head Start (generally prenatal to age 3 services), or they may apply to operate only Head Start or only Early Head Start, depending on organizational capacity and eligibility rules.
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) was modified, with the application due date changed and updates made to Sections III.2 and IV.2. Because of these changes, the electronic application package on Grants.gov was revised, and applicants are required to re-download the updated Grant Application Package and use that version to submit their application. The FOA also points applicants to specific instructions in Section IV.2 for uploading three required application files, which implies that correct formatting and submission steps are a key compliance issue for this competition. For technical or process questions, applicants can contact the OHS Operations Center at OHSTech@reviewops.org.
The announcement makes up to $22,708,901 available annually to provide Head Start and/or Early Head Start services across the service area. While the total annual amount is identified as the award ceiling, the FOA also indicates an expectation of multiple awards (expected awards: 5), suggesting the agency may fund more than one organization or multiple program components within the countywide service area, depending on how OHS structures the awards and how applications score in the competitive review process.
Eligibility depends on whether an applicant is proposing Head Start, Early Head Start, or both, and the FOA stresses that these requirements are not identical. For applicants seeking Head Start only or a combined Head Start and Early Head Start award, eligibility is restricted 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 also demonstrate they meet the statutory requirements for designation as a Head Start and/or Early Head Start agency under the Head Start Act, meaning they must show they can fulfill the responsibilities and standards associated with being the official grantee.
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)). Public or private nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community-based organizations, as well as for-profit agencies in the service area, may apply as long as they can provide Early Head Start services to eligible children and families residing in the service area. The FOA also notes that organizations already operating Head Start programs are eligible to operate Early Head Start programs, which reflects the common approach of offering a birth-to-five continuum across programs and sites.
The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant under CFDA 93.600 (Head Start). The eligible applicant types listed in the source data are broad and include various levels of government, school districts, institutions of higher education, tribal governments, public housing authorities, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses. However, the narrative eligibility requirements in the FOA are more specific and program-based (Head Start versus Early Head Start), so applicants would need to rely on the FOA language and the Head Start Act citations to confirm eligibility for the specific service model they propose.
Faith-based organizations are explicitly eligible if they meet program requirements, and the FOA encourages them to review ACF policy guidance on grants to faith-based organizations (linked in the announcement). At the same time, the FOA is clear about ineligible applicants: individuals, including sole proprietorships, and foreign entities cannot apply and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding.
Key identifying details for the opportunity include the title "Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Maricopa County, excluding the City of Phoenix, Arizona," funding opportunity number HHS-2016-ACF-OHS-CH-R09-1093, and an original closing date of December 15, 2015 (with the note that the due date was modified in the FOA). The practical takeaway for applicants is that they should verify the updated deadline in the modified FOA, use the revised Grants.gov package rather than any older downloaded version, and ensure their proposal clearly matches the statutory eligibility pathway for Head Start, Early Head Start, or a combined approach while demonstrating capacity to deliver comprehensive, high-quality services across the designated area of Maricopa County outside Phoenix.Apply for HHS 2016 ACF OHS CH R09 1093
- 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 - Maricopa County, excluding the City of Phoenix, Arizona" 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 $22,708,901.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 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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