Project Grant 02HP000687

Clinton Hill Community & Early Childhood Center, Inc. (CHCECC) received a $1,029,019 Project Grant award from the Office of Head Start (Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services) under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600), effective March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2031. This five-year award supports CHCECC's Early Head Start program, which delivers comprehensive early childhood education and family support services to infants, toddlers, and pregnant women in the Clinton Hill area of Newark, New Jersey. The program provides educational, health, nutritional, social, and other developmental services designed to promote school readiness and support family well-being among low-income populations in the service area.

As a non-profit, minority and women-owned community development corporation, CHCECC will utilize the award funding to enhance its existing early childhood care and education services while maintaining the program's focus on supporting vulnerable young children and their families. The award represents continued federal investment in CHCECC's capacity to deliver evidence-based early childhood interventions and family engagement services within the local Newark community. Recipients under the Head Start program are required to demonstrate compliance with federal performance standards related to school readiness outcomes, health and family well-being metrics, and provide a 20 percent non-federal match to support program operations.