National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety
Head Start programs can apply for $7.8M to operate a national center providing training and support for health, behavioral health, and safety improvements for children and families.
Funder: Administration for Children and Families - OHS
Due Dates: To be announced (forecasted opportunity)
Funding Amounts: $7,800,000 total; single award; multi-year cooperative agreement
Summary: Supports a national center to provide training and technical assistance for improving health, behavioral health, and safety outcomes in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
Key Information: Estimated application due date has been updated; opportunity is forecasted and not yet open.
Description
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start (OHS) is forecasting a competitive funding opportunity to operate a National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety (NC HBHS). The center will deliver training and technical assistance (TTA) that is evidence-based and research-informed, aiming to strengthen professional development for staff and improve health, behavioral health, and safety outcomes for children and families in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
The NC HBHS will be part of a comprehensive national TTA system, joining three other National Centers focused on parent/family engagement, program management/fiscal operations, and early childhood development/teaching/learning. The work will require collaboration with subrecipients and experts in areas such as child nutrition, oral health, physical activity, health screenings, behavioral health promotion and prevention, trauma, child safety, emergency preparedness, prenatal/postpartum care, and environmental health.
