Early head start

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Tri-County Community Action Agency, Inc. (doing business as Gateway Community Action Partnership) $6.457 million on February 1, 2026, under the Early Head Start program (CFDA 93.600) to deliver comprehensive early childhood education and family support services for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women across Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey. The award runs through January 31, 2031. Early Head Start promotes school readiness by enhancing cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of children through educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services. Gateway Community Action Partnership is a New Jersey-based tax-exempt nonprofit that operates as both a prime recipient and sub-recipient on federal grant programs, with a secondary footprint in AmeriCorps Seniors and Head Start initiatives. The organization also operates the Gateway Wellness Center, a community-based outpatient mental health and substance-abuse treatment program, and manages violence prevention programming. Awards are made for five-year periods during which recipients are measured against criteria that determine eligibility for renewal; if criteria are not met, the service area and funding become available through competition.