Head Start
HSSAP Continuation Funding Application
The Continuation Application is now available for 2010-11 HSSAP Grantees. All applications should be submitted by 4:00 pm on April 12, 2010. The Continuation Guidance is available below,
Early Head Start funding opportunity
As part of the federal recovery program, new opportunities for Early Head Start are becoming available in Pennsylvania. The Office of Child Development and Early Learning, as part of its work to promote a unified and comprehensive approach to early learning, applied to participate in the new federal Early Head Start funding available through the Department of Health & Human Services. OCDEL, has proposed to provide 128 Early Head Start slots through Center-based and Home-based service delivery options to pregnant women, infants and toddlers from low income families for a two year period.
National Head Start
Head Start is a national program administered by the Office of Head Start within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Head Start programs provide comprehensive services for low-income children from birth to entry into kindergarten.
Head Start currently receives more than $6.8 billion in funds and serves more than 906,000 low-income children and families nationwide. The program is child-centered, family-focused, comprehensive, and community-based. Head Start services are designed to address developmental goals for children, employment and self-sufficiency goals for adults, and support for parents in their work and child-caring roles.
Head Start is a direct federal-to-local program administered by more than 1,600 locally based public or private organizations (called "grantees") across the country.
In Pennsylvania, 27 Early Head Start grantees provide services to 2,398 children from birth to age 3. Children age 3 to entry into elementary school receive Head Start services from 60 grantee agencies. Federal funds provide 28,493 children with Head Start Services.
For more information about Head Start visit:
Pennsylvania Head Start State Collaboration Office (HSSCO)
The PA HSSCO is located at the PA Key in Harrisburg. Click here for more information.