U.S. Department of Education
Office of Innovation and Improvement
Promise Neighborhoods Program Implementation Grant Competition
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: July 25, 2016.
Application Deadline: September 6, 2016.
The vision of the Promise Neighborhoods program is that all children and youth living in distressed communities have access to great schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and a career.
Promise Neighborhoods are led by organizations that work to ensure that all children and youth in the target geographic area have access to services that lead to improved educational and developmental outcomes from cradle-to career; are based on the best available evidence and designed to learn about the impact of approaches, for which there is less evidence; are linked and integrated seamlessly; and include education programs as well as programs that provide family and community supports. Promise Neighborhoods enable children and youth within targeted distressed communities to participate in the full range of cradle-to career supports that are necessary for them to realize their potential.
Building on prior Promise Neighborhoods grantees’ work to enhance high-quality early learning opportunities, this year’s competition includes a competitive preference priority intended to improve coordination among early learning providers and ensure alignment between early learning systems and elementary education systems.
Priority Consideration
The Department of Education will prioritize applicants or an applicant’s partner who received a Choice or HOPE VI grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) via a competitive preference priority focused on Quality Affordable Housing. The NRI is a placebased approach to help neighborhoods in distress transform themselves into neighborhoods of opportunity. In addition, ED will also include a competitive preference priority that gives preference to applicants working in designated Promise Zones.
Read the Federal Register Notice.
More information is available on the Department of Education’s website.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Administration for Children and Families
American Indian and Alaska Native Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships
Application Deadline: August 24, 2016
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces the availability of approximately $3.5 million to be competitively awarded for the purpose of expanding access to high-quality, comprehensive services to low-income American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) infants and toddlers and their families through Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships, or through the expansion of Early Head Start services. ACF solicits applications from public entities, including states, or private non-profit organizations, including community-based or faith-based organizations, or for-profit agencies that meet eligibility for applying as stated in section 645A of the Head Start Act.
Bonus Points
Applicants that propose services in areas of high poverty identified by the zip codes listed in the Appendix, will receive 3 bonus points under Section V.1. Criteria of the FOA. The zip codes included in this list represents areas with highly concentrated poverty. For the purposes of this FOA, high poverty zip codes are where at least 33 percent of residents live below the federal poverty level and in which at least 120 children younger than age 5 reside.
Applicants that propose to serve children that reside within a federally designated Promise Zone (listed in the Appendix) and that serves a substantial number of children within that Zone and submit form HUD-50153 Certification of Consistency with Promise Zone Goals and Implementation, signed by the authorized official for the designated Promise Zone supporting the application, will receive 3 bonus points under the Criteria listed in Section V.1. For more information about federally designated Promise Zones, please visit the Promise Zones website.
Applicants that propose to serve children residing in rural areas, specifically those residing in rural, non-metropolitan counties listed in the Appendix will receive 3 bonus points under Section V.1. Criteria of the FOA.
Please refer to page 41 of the application for more information.
Read the HHS Funding Opportunity Announcement.
More information is available on the HHS Website.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Administration for Children and Families
Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants
Application Due Date: August 24, 2016
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces the availability of approximately $135 million to be competitively awarded for the purpose of expanding access to high-quality, comprehensive services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families through Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships, or through the expansion of Early Head Start services. ACF solicits applications from public entities, including states, or private non-profit organizations, including community-based or faith-based organizations, or for-profit agencies that meet eligibility for applying as stated in section 645A of the Head Start Act.
Bonus Points
Applicants that propose services in areas of high poverty identified by the zip codes listed in the Appendix will receive 3 bonus points under Section V.1. Criteria of the FOA. The zip codes represent areas with highly concentrated poverty. For the purposes of this FOA, high poverty zip codes are where at least 33 percent of residents live below the federal poverty level and in which at least 120 children younger than age 5 reside.
Applicants that propose to serve children that reside within a federally designated Promise Zone (listed in the Appendix) and that serves a substantial number of children within that Zone and submit form HUD-50153, Certification of Consistency with Promise Zone Goals and Implementation, signed by the authorized official for the designated Promise Zone supporting the application, will receive 3 bonus points under the Criteria listed in Section V.1..
For more information about federally designated Promise Zones, please visit the Promise Zones website.
Applicants that propose to serve children residing in rural areas, specifically those residing in rural, non-metropolitan counties listed non-metropolitan counties listed in the Appendix will receive 3 bonus points under Section V.1. Criteria of the FOA.
Please refer to pages 40-41 of the application for more information.
Read the HHS Funding Opportunity Announcement.
More information is available on the HHS website.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Administration for Children and Families
Migrant and Seasonal Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships
Application Due Date: August 24, 2016
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces the availability of approximately $5 million to be competitively awarded for the purpose of expanding access to high-quality, comprehensive services to low-income, migrant and seasonal infants and toddlers and their families through Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships, or through the expansion of Early Head Start services. ACF solicits applications from public entities, including states, or private non-profit organizations, including community-based or faith-based organizations, or for-profit agencies that meet eligibility for applying as stated in Section 645A of the Head Start Act.
Bonus Points
Applicants that propose services in areas of high poverty identified by the zip codes listed in the Appendix, will receive 3 bonus points under Section V.1 Criteria of the FOA. The zip codes included in this list represents areas with highly concentrated poverty. For the purposes of this FOA, high poverty zip codes are where at least 33 percent of residents live below the federal poverty level and in which at least 120 children younger than age 5 reside.
Applicants that propose to serve children that reside within a federally designated Promise Zone listed in the Appendix, and that serves a substantial number of children within that Zone, and submit form HUD-50153, Certification of Consistency with Promise Zone Goals and Implementation, signed by the authorized official for the designated Promise Zone supporting the application, will receive 3 bonus points under the Criteria listed in Section V.1.
For more information about federally designated Promise Zones, please visit the Promise Zones website.
Applicants that propose to serve children residing in rural areas, specifically those residing in rural, non-metropolitan counties listed in the Appendix will receive 3 bonus points under Section V.1 Criteria of the FOA.
Please refer to page 41 of the application.
Read the HHS Funding Opportunity Announcement.
More information is available on the HHS website.
