Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2011 ACF OHS HC 0190
Apply for HHS 2011 ACF OHS HC 0190
- The Administration for Children and Families in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Center on Health" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.600 Head Start.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 5, 2011 and posted on May 6, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 6, 2011 See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 430 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $3,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Small businesses County governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Private institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Independent school districts State governments.
- Applications from institutions of higher education and consortia of organizations are encouraged. Applicants may also include, as part of a consortium, non profit and for profit organizations that have a history of increasing the quality of effective practices in the areas of health, oral health, dental health, and nutrition. Faith based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals and foreign entities are not eligible for awards made under this announcement.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Office of Head Start (OHS), offered a competitive grant to establish a National Center on Health designed to strengthen health-related supports across Head Start and Early Head Start. The central purpose of the Center is to serve as a national hub for communicating a clear and consistent set of OHS priorities and for helping local programs and their partners adopt effective, evidence-based practices. In practical terms, the Center is meant to improve how programs plan, implement, and sustain health strategies that lead to better outcomes for low-income children and families, while also ensuring that programs across the country can access the same high-quality guidance rather than relying on uneven local resources.
The work of the Center is broad and intentionally comprehensive, covering health and nutrition, health promotion, disease prevention, and access to both medical and dental care. It also places emphasis on mental wellness not only for children and families, but for staff as well, reflecting the reality that staff wellbeing affects program quality and consistency. Additional focus areas include creating and maintaining safe environments, improving health literacy, supporting emergency preparedness, strengthening oral health, and addressing obesity prevention. A key expectation is that the Center will identify, translate, and elevate evidence-based practices, meaning approaches with strong demonstrated effectiveness and measurable positive outcomes, especially for the populations Head Start serves.
This funding opportunity was issued as a discretionary cooperative agreement, indicating that the federal agency anticipated substantial involvement with the awardee during the project period rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant. The opportunity was listed under the Income Security and Social Services activity category and tied to the Head Start CFDA number 93.600. ACF expected to make a single award, with total estimated funding of 3,000,000. The anticipated award amount ranged from a floor of 2,800,000 to a ceiling of 3,000,000, and there was no cost sharing or matching requirement stated, reducing the burden on applicants to bring non-federal funds to the table.
Eligibility was deliberately expansive to attract strong national-level capacity. Eligible applicants included public and private institutions of higher education, state governments, county and city or township governments, independent school districts, federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, nonprofits (including both 501(c)(3) and certain non-501(c)(3) entities), and for-profit organizations (including small businesses and other for-profits). OHS explicitly encouraged applications from universities and from consortia, and it allowed consortia to include nonprofit and for-profit partners with a demonstrated track record in improving effective practices related to health, oral health, dental health, and nutrition. Faith-based and community organizations were also eligible as long as they met the general requirements. Individuals and foreign entities, however, were not eligible to apply.
Key dates reflect that this was a time-limited competition in 2011. The opportunity was posted on May 6, 2011, with an application deadline of July 6, 2011. Electronic submissions through Grants.gov were required to be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. The funding announcement was later archived on December 23, 2011. For applicants needing technical assistance accessing the full announcement, ACF directed inquiries to the ACF Applications Help Desk at appsupport@acf.hhs.gov, and it provided an official link to the full announcement hosted by ACF.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What is this grant opportunity?
This opportunity was a competitive federal grant offered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) through the Office of Head Start (OHS) to establish a National Center on Health. The Center was intended to strengthen health-related supports across Head Start and Early Head Start programs nationwide.
2. What is the main purpose of the National Center on Health?
The Center was designed to function as a national hub that communicates a clear and consistent set of OHS priorities and helps local Head Start and Early Head Start programs (and their partners) adopt effective, evidence-based practices. The goal was to improve how programs plan, implement, and sustain health strategies that improve outcomes for low-income children and families, while ensuring access to consistent, high-quality guidance nationwide.
3. What types of health topics and activities were included in the Center's scope of work?
The scope was intentionally broad and comprehensive. It included health and nutrition, health promotion, disease prevention, and improving access to medical and dental care. It also emphasized mental wellness for children, families, and staff; safe environments; health literacy; emergency preparedness; oral health; and obesity prevention.
4. Why does the opportunity emphasize evidence-based practices?
A key expectation was that the Center would identify, translate, and elevate evidence-based practices, meaning approaches with strong demonstrated effectiveness and measurable positive outcomes, especially for the populations served by Head Start.
5. What is the intended national role of the Center for local programs?
The Center was intended to help programs and partners adopt effective practices and to reduce reliance on uneven local resources by providing the same high-quality guidance to programs across the country.
6. What type of federal funding mechanism was used?
This opportunity was issued as a discretionary cooperative agreement. That indicates ACF anticipated substantial involvement with the awardee during the project period, rather than a more hands-off, pass-through grant arrangement.
7. How much funding was available?
Total estimated funding was 3,000,000. The anticipated award amount ranged from 2,800,000 (floor) to 3,000,000 (ceiling).
8. How many awards did ACF expect to make?
ACF expected to make a single award.
9. Was cost sharing or matching required?
No cost sharing or matching requirement was stated for this opportunity.
10. What CFDA number was associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity was tied to the Head Start CFDA number 93.600.
11. What activity category was this opportunity listed under?
It was listed under the Income Security and Social Services activity category.
12. Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was broad and included public and private institutions of higher education; state governments; county governments; city or township governments; independent school districts; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofits (including 501(c)(3) and certain non-501(c)(3) entities); and for-profit organizations (including small businesses and other for-profits).
13. Were faith-based and community organizations eligible?
Yes. Faith-based and community organizations were eligible as long as they met the general requirements.
14. Were consortia allowed to apply?
Yes. OHS encouraged applications from universities and from consortia. Consortia were permitted to include nonprofit and for-profit partners with a demonstrated track record in improving effective practices related to health, oral health, dental health, and nutrition.
15. Who was not eligible to apply?
Individuals and foreign entities were not eligible to apply.
16. What were the key dates for this opportunity?
The opportunity was posted on May 6, 2011. The application deadline was July 6, 2011. The announcement was later archived on December 23, 2011.
17. What was the application submission deadline time for electronic submissions?
Electronic submissions through Grants.gov were required to be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date (July 6, 2011).
18. How were applications required to be submitted?
Applications were required to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, with the stated deadline time applying to those electronic submissions.
19. Where could applicants get technical help accessing the full announcement?
ACF directed applicants needing technical assistance to the ACF Applications Help Desk at appsupport@acf.hhs.gov.
20. Where could applicants find the official full announcement?
An official link to the full announcement hosted by ACF was provided in the funding information for this opportunity.
21. What kinds of program outcomes was the Center expected to support?
The Center was intended to support better outcomes for low-income children and families by improving how Head Start and Early Head Start programs plan, implement, and sustain health-related strategies, and by promoting adoption of practices with measurable positive results.
22. Did the scope include staff wellbeing?
Yes. Mental wellness was emphasized not only for children and families, but for staff as well, reflecting that staff wellbeing affects program quality and consistency.
23. Did the opportunity explicitly include oral and dental health?
Yes. The scope included access to medical and dental care, strengthening oral health, and consortia partners were specifically noted as potentially having a track record in oral health and dental health improvements.
24. Did the scope include emergency preparedness and safe environments?
Yes. Additional focus areas included supporting emergency preparedness and creating and maintaining safe environments.
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