The federal Project Grant award provides $7,340,716.00 to Peoples Equal Action And Community Effort, Inc. (PEACE), a non-profit community-based organization in Syracuse, New York, to support comprehensive Head Start and Early Head Start services. The funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Head Start federal grant program (CFDA 93.600). The award supports educational, health, nutritional, and social services aimed at enhancing the cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of low-income pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children to promote school readiness. The five-year project period runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030. As a subrecipient, PEACE has also partnered with the New York State Department of State on additional poverty alleviation and COVID-19 assistance programs targeting low-income families in the area.
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