Head start and early head start

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Family Resource Agency Inc. $12.742 million under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600) on January 1, 2026, for a project period extending through December 31, 2030.

Family Resource Agency Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee, will deliver comprehensive Head Start and Early Head Start services in Tennessee, including educational instruction, health and nutritional support, social-emotional development, and family engagement initiatives for low-income children and families. The Head Start program promotes school readiness by enhancing cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of children ages three and four; Early Head Start serves infants, toddlers, and pregnant women.

Head Start awards are made for five-year periods. Recipients demonstrating satisfactory progress, compliance with terms and conditions, and continued eligibility may receive non-competing continuation funding based on availability of appropriation and a determination that continuation is in the best interest of the federal government. Family Resource Agency Inc. holds a prior Head Start and Early Head Start award running through August 31, 2026, and an Early Head Start–Child Care Partnership grant effective through August 31, 2029. The organization functions primarily as a sub-recipient of federal funding flowing through state administrative vehicles, particularly the Tennessee Department of Human Services, and maintains active portfolios in USDA nutrition programs and Department of Justice victim services programming alongside its HHS early childhood work.