Federal Grant Award Summary

Johnston Lee Harnett Community Action Incorporated received a $3.9 million Head Start and Early Head Start project grant from the Office of Head Start (CFDA 93.600) for the five-year period from June 30, 2026, through June 30, 2031. The award funds comprehensive early childhood services designed to promote school readiness among vulnerable young children in North Carolina. The organization will deliver educational, health, nutritional, social, and family well-being services to support the cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of enrolled children and families.

The Head Start and Early Head Start programs serve distinct age groups: Head Start serves primarily 3- and 4-year-old children, while Early Head Start serves pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. As an established community action agency, Johnston Lee Harnett Community Action will tailor these federally-funded services to the local needs of families in its service area, building upon its prior experience managing over $38 million in Head Start grants since April 2021. The award represents a standard five-year continuation project funded through the Administration for Children and Families, with non-competing renewal eligibility contingent on demonstrated satisfactory progress and compliance with federal requirements and terms and conditions.