Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2025 ACF OHS YT R11 0156
The Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Program Grants is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start (OHS), designed to strengthen the early childhood workforce serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The program sets aside a total of $6,000,000 to be awarded competitively, with the central goal of helping Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) either create new partnerships or improve existing partnerships with Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The practical focus is workforce development: increasing the number of qualified education staff working in AI/AN Head Start and Early Head Start settings, which can include supporting credential attainment, building degree pathways, and aligning training and education so programs can hire and retain staff who meet Head Start qualifications and community needs.
Funding is expected to support up to 12 awards, with an award ceiling of $6,000,000 noted for the opportunity. The grant is listed under Assistance Listing (CFDA) 93.600 and falls within the federal activity area of Income Security and Social Services. As a competitive grant, applicants should expect a merit review process, meaning proposals will be evaluated against published criteria and only the most competitive applications will be selected for funding.
Eligibility is centered on Tribal Colleges and Universities as defined by Section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). The opportunity’s eligibility categories also reference public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments). However, the program description makes clear that the intended and primary applicants are TCUs, and it explicitly excludes applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and from foreign entities; those submissions are not just discouraged but deemed ineligible and will be disqualified from review and funding consideration.
Key administrative details include the Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2025-ACF-OHS-YT-R11-0156 and an original application closing date of 2025-01-21. The opportunity was created on 2024-11-19. Overall, the grant is best understood as a targeted investment in partnerships between TCUs and AI/AN Head Start and Early Head Start programs, aimed at growing and credentialing the education workforce so that early childhood services in tribal communities have more qualified staff and stronger, more sustainable talent pipelines.Apply for HHS 2025 ACF OHS YT R11 0156
- The Administration for Children and Families - OHS in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Program Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.600.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-11-19.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-21. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Private institutions of higher education.
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