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The Department of Health and Human Services this week is entering the next stage of strengthening quality and accountability in Head Start, beginning negotiations with approximately 160 potential winners of a competition that, for the first time ever, required providers to show they are offering children the best early education services available in their community.

HHS delivers more than $474 million in grants for Hurricane Sandy recovery

Head Start launches pilot project to encourage innovation in birth-to-5 education Sites include Detroit, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Jersey City and Sunflower County, MS

Head Start continues quality reforms with second group of competitions 122 grantees required to compete for continued funding

The number of reported child abuse and neglect incidents has dropped nationwide for the fifth consecutive year, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released a report today examining the effects of Head Start on a child’s cognitive and academic, health, emotional and social development into elementary school. The study suggests that while the Head Start study participants in 2002 showed greater skills than a control group of peers after a year in the early childhood program, by the time the students reach third grade, there was no significant difference between the two groups.

September 12, 2012

The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) is awarding approximately $13.8 million in grants to preserve Native American language and culture. The recipients include 13 projects ($2.8 million) funded through the Preservation and Maintenance program, which provides grants for curriculum development, teacher training, and technology used to disseminate and preserve Native American languages. Another five grants ($1.1 million) will be awarded through the Esther Martinez Initiative, which provides funds for immersion-based language training, survival schools, and restoration programs.

The Office of Community Services is awarding 15 Assets for Independence (AFI) grants today totaling nearly $4.1 million to community-based organizations and government agencies under HHS’ Administration for Children and Families. Funded projects will provide low-income individuals and families with access to Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) as well as training on financial education.

In an effort to increase awareness about responsible fatherhood and parenting by using community barbershops, the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Family Assistance in partnership with the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse will launch the 2012 Fatherhood Buzz Barbershop tour. The tour will take place on the eve of Father’s Day, Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “Fatherhood is the most important job a dad could have,” said George Sheldon, acting assistant secretary for children and families.