Announcement of Financial Assistance To Expand Head Start Enrollment to Unserved Communities

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The Head Start Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families announces that competing applications will be accepted to fund new Head Start services in: (1) Counties (or sub-county areas) not currently served by Head Start (see Appendix A); (2) Federally-recognized American Indian reservations and Alaska Native villages not currently served by Head Start and; (3) States where Head Start services are not available for the children of migrant farmworkers (Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Nevada, New Mexico, and the State of Louisiana outside the Parishes of Tangipahoa, St. Helena, and St. Tammany. It is expected that a total of approximately $4,000,000 will be awarded under this Announcement Program. These funds were appropriated in fiscal year 2001 with authority to expend them in fiscal year 2002. The Head Start program is authorized by the Head Start Act, 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq., as amended.