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                October 17, 2024
    



Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announced more than $200 million in new awards to strengthen early childhood programs. These investments build on the billions of dollars the Biden-Harris Administration secured over the last three years to help families pay for child care and keep child care businesses open in the aftermath of the pandemic.  “Early childhood education is a vital resource. By providing parents with an opportunity to work, we are helping to support families and strengthen our economy," said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. "The Biden-Harris Administration continues to do everything we can to ensure our nation’s children, their families, and early educators are in the best possible position to thrive.”An April 2023 Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-quality Care and Supporting Caregivers



 reinforced the Biden-Harris commitment to improve care and working conditions for early educators. In continued support of these efforts, ACF awarded Head Start and Preschool Development Grants in 33 states, eight tribal communities, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia — a strategic distribution across the country to ensure broad impact and serve those with the greatest need.“Affordable and quality early care and education is essential to child development and a parent’s peace of mind,” said ACF Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Hild. “The Biden-Harris Administration continues to lead improvements to reduce costs for families in the child care subsidy program, boost pay for Head Start workers, enhance the quality of early childhood programs through preschool development grants and, most recently, expand Head Start to an additional 5,000 children through investments in early childhood systems.”  This latest investment comes after the Administration published regulations earlier this year that will reduce co-payments for families participating in the child care subsidy system, improve financial stability for child care providers, boost pay for most Head Start staff and improve mental health services for children and adults in Head Start programs. The Administration also previously secured $2.5 billion in increases for the Head Start program and nearly $3.5 billion in child care investments, on top of $40 billion to help early childhood programs stay open during and after the COVID-19 public health emergency.   “In partnership with states and communities across the country, we are making important progress in early care and education toward a system that supports early childhood development, family economic security and a workforce that is valued and paid to reflect the importance of their work," said ACF Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm. “These most recent grants will continue to build toward an early childhood system that young children deserve."  ACF awarded approximately $115 million in Head Start funds to 55 agencies that will expand Head Start services to about 5,000 additional children. About two-thirds of these funds will expand the availability of Early Head Start services to infants, toddlers and expectant families. About one-third will serve 3- to 5-year-olds in Head Start preschool programs. The funds include awards to Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, programs serving migrant and seasonal farmworker families and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes.   The Preschool Development Grants Birth to Five (PDG B-5) awarded approximately $86 million to 11 states. This is the first round of new PDG B-5 grants since 2022, when ACF awarded over $300 million to 42 states and territories. This new funding allows states to invest in and test strategies that will improve access to early learning experiences for young children, strengthen the early childhood workforce, and continue to improve the quality of early childhood programs in states and communities.   Recipients will use funds for services that benefit young children and their families, including supports for the early childhood workforce, efforts to promote the mental health and well-being of children and their caregivers and improved coordination that makes programs easier for families to access.ACF co-administers the PDG B-5 initiative with the U.S. Department of Education. Learn more by visiting: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ecd/early-learning/preschool-development-grants



  Across the country, more than 1,500 Head Start grant recipients prepare America’s young children furthest from opportunity to succeed in school and in life beyond school. To achieve this, Head Start programs deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health and family well-being while engaging parents as partners at every step. Learn more about Head Start programs at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohs



   The new PDG B-5 grants were awarded to the following states:Grant Recipient State  Amount  New York Office of Children & Family Services,   NY  $11,000,000  Kansas Dept of Education  KS  $7,000,000  South Carolina Department of Social Services  SC  $8,000,000  North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services,   NC  $9,000,000  District of Columbia Government  DC  $4,998,860  Rhode Island Department of Human Services  RI  $4,945,055  Virginia Department of Education  VA  $8,000,000  Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families  WA  $7,996,674  Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential  MI  $8,999,241  Minnesota Department of Education  MN  $8,000,000  Tennessee Department of Education  TN  $9,000,000  TOTAL   $86,939,830   The new Head Start grants were awarded to the following entities:  Migrant and Seasonal Head Start awards  Grant Recipient State Annual Funding Riverside County Office of Education    CA $2,218,238  The East Coast Migrant Head Start Project    FL, IN, OK, NC, AL $4,754,402 Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties    KY $835,941     Centro de la Familia de Utah    NV, MT, UT, CO $2,842,921  American Indian Alaskan Native Awards      Grant Recipient Service Area State Annual Funding Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Southeast Alaska  AK  $820,263 Chugachmiut The Chugach region including the Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound, and Copper River Delta along the Gulf of Alaska. The Chugachmiut Service Area including the Seward, Valdez, Port Graham, Nanwalek, Cordova, Tatitlek, and Chenega communities AK $2,613,717 Clare Swan Early Learning Center Anchorage AK $975,833  Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians of California Fresno County CA $669,646Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation Del Norte County, California Curry County, Oregon CA, OR $831,734  Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Pittsburg, Spiro, Valliant, and Battiest  OK $1,500,000 Rural America Initiatives Lakota community around Rapid City SD $1,566,351 Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation The Chehalis reservation and northwest Lewis County, southeast Grays Harbor County, and southwest Thurston County in Washington State WA $574,173   Head Start and Early Head Start Awards  Grant Recipient Service Area State Annual Funding Innovative Network of Knowledge Walker County AL $2,188,171  Dignity Community Care Downtown, central, and south Los Angeles CA $913,597 The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles East San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County CA $ 6,264,613  Mexican American Opportunity Foundation San Bernardino and Ontario in San Bernardino County, and Coachella in Riverside County CA $ 3,637,402  Bright Beginnings, Inc. Washington, DC DC $1,650,146 Economic Opportunities Council of Indian River County, Inc. Indian River County FL $768,750 Miami-Dade County Community Action and Human Services Miami-Dade County FL $4,538,401  Start Early Waukegan, North Chicago, Park City, Beach Park, and Zion; Lake County IL $6,337,778  University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute Wyandotte County KS $1,661,746 Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Inc. Lexington-Fayette County KY $1,864,095  Save the Children Head Start Programs, Inc Evangeline Parish LA $1,035,665 Innovative Network of Knowledge Monroe in Ouachita Parish, Grambling in Lincoln Parish, Rayville in Richland Parish, Winnsboro in Franklin Parish LA $4,801,309 Vernon Parish School Board Vernon Parish LA $1,880,713 Citizens for Citizens, Inc City of Fall River MA $1,110,796  LEO Inc. Towns of Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott MA $1,171,180 Development Centers DBA -MiEarlyYears 48219, 48223, 48227, 48228, 48235; Detroit, Wayne County MI $2,656,792 Delta Health Alliance, Inc. Warren County MS $488,891  Educare of Lincoln, Inc. Lincoln-Lancaster County NE $1,966,637 Quality Care Resource and Referral Services, Inc. Salem & Cumberland Counties NJ $2,714,998 Community Services Agency Reno-Sparks and Fernley NV $1,172,809 Kiryas Joel Municipal Local Development Corporation Village of Kiryas Joel, Town of Palm Tree, Orange County NY $1,373,024 United Academy, Inc. Brooklyn, “South Williamsburg,” Community District 1; zip codes 11206, 11205, 11211, 11249 NY $4,008,240 Miami Valley Child Development Centers, Inc. 45401, 45403; Dayton, Montgomery County OH $1,388,227 Great Lakes Community Action Partnership Lucas, Ottawa, Wood, Seneca, and Sandusky Counties OH $3,388,173 Tulsa Educare, Inc. Tulsa County OK $2,465,312 Community Action Project of Tulsa County Inc. Tulsa, Oklahoma OK $1,810,675 Sunbeam Family Services, Inc. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County OK $3,186,043 Oregon Child Development Coalition, Inc. Malheur and Klamath Counties, Oregon OR $1,373,813 Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 Lebanon County PA $1,457,418 Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. Luzerne County PA $807,385 Municipio de Manati  Municipality of Manati PR $913,900 Darlington County Community Action Agency Darlington County SC $1,230,000 South Carolina Association of Community Action Partnerships Cities of Anderson, Georgetown, Orangeburg, and Newberry; and Berkeley, Horry, and Richland counties SC $2,078,454 Lancaster County First Steps Lancaster County SC $3,366,057  Porter-Leath Shelby County TN $2,499,258  Save the Children Head Start Programs, Inc. City of Dyer and Lauderdale County TN $2,213,704 Motivation Education and Training, Inc. Conroe in Montgomery County, Beaumont in Jefferson County, and Onalaska in Polk County TX $2,728,900 Salt Lake Community Action Program dba Utah Community Action Salt Lake City UT $1,149,350 People Incorporated of Virginia Buchanan and Clarke counties VA $1,132,950 Presbyterian Homes and Family Services, Inc. DBA HumanKind City of Lynchburg VA $2,047,268 Puget Sound Educational Service District King and Pierce Counties, Washington WA $1,400,001 Acelero, Inc. 53220, 53404; Milwaukee & Racine WI $2,378,513  Evanston Child Development Center Cities of Evanston and Mountain View in Uinta County and Sweetwater County WY $1,526,912  ###
 

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“Early childhood education is a vital resource. By providing parents with an opportunity to work, we are helping to support families and strengthen our economy. The Biden-Harris Administration continues to do everything we can to ensure our nation’s children, their families, and early educators are in the best possible position to thrive.”
— HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra


 
“Affordable and quality early care and education is essential to child development and a parent’s peace of mind. The Biden-Harris Administration continues to lead improvements to reduce costs for families in the child care subsidy program, boost pay for Head Start workers, enhance the quality of early childhood programs through preschool development grants and, most recently, expand Head Start to an additional 5,000 children through investments in early childhood systems.” 
— ACF Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Hild


 
“In partnership with states and communities across the country, we are making important progress in early care and education toward a system that supports early childhood development, family economic security and a workforce that is valued and paid to reflect the importance of their work. These most recent grants will continue to build toward an early childhood system that young children deserve." 
— ACF Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm





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All this is fantastic, but what is always left out is increased teacher pay. Being an early childhood educator is extremely difficult work that requires qualified teachers with advanced degrees. I have over 20 years experience, a master’s in child development, and an infant specialist certification. Working in head start I was barely making over $45,000. It’s unfortunate, because I loved helping families and children in need. I left publicly funded schools for a private school, and my salary increased by $20,000, and now I also get summers off. Good teachers leave to teach children of affluence, and low income families continue to struggle. If I could be appropriately compensated, I’d return in a heartbeat. Working in head start was so much more rewarding, but I have a family to support.