Project Grant 90CH013510

Federal Grant Award Summary

The Office of Head Start (Administration for Children and Families, HHS) awarded Community Development Institute Head Start a five-year Project Grant totaling $2,529,787 effective February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2031, under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600). This funding supports the delivery of comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutritional, social, and family support services designed to promote school readiness among low-income children from birth to compulsory school age. The award enables the organization to operate Head Start preschool programs serving primarily 3- and 4-year-old children, as well as Early Head Start services for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women across the Denver, Colorado service area.

The funded services emphasize enhancing cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of disadvantaged children while engaging parents as active partners in service delivery. Community Development Institute Head Start also functions as a subrecipient administering Child and Adult Care Food Program reimbursements in Colorado and other states to support meal services for enrolled children. As a prime Head Start grantee, the organization is required to maintain compliance with federal performance standards related to school readiness outcomes, health and family well-being metrics, and comprehensive federal requirements, with ongoing fiscal monitoring and annual audit requirements under 2 CFR Part 200 and 45 CFR Part 75.