Federal Grant Award Summary

Capital Area Community Action Agency Inc. received a $4.26M Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600), awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The award funds comprehensive early childhood education and family support services designed to promote school readiness among low-income children from birth to compulsory school age across eight North Florida counties: Leon, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Calhoun, Liberty, Wakulla, and Franklin. Services delivered include educational programming, health services, nutritional support, and social services tailored to local community needs.

Under this five-year project period, the grantee will operate Head Start and Early Head Start programs serving primarily 3- and 4-year-old children as well as infants, toddlers, and pregnant women from low-income families. The award emphasizes parental engagement as a core component of service delivery and requires the recipient to maintain performance standards related to school readiness outcomes, health and family well-being metrics, and federal compliance requirements. As a prime grantee with established operational capacity managing multiple federal funding streams, Capital Area Community Action Agency Inc. will deliver these services while meeting a 20 percent non-federal match requirement over the five-year award period.