Programa Head Start Iglesia Bautista De Quintana Inc.

Programa Head Start Iglesia Bautista De Quintana Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering early childhood education and comprehensive family support services to low-income communities in Puerto Rico, with all recent work flowing through the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families.

The organization's mission centers on Early Head Start and Head Start programming, which promote cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development in infants, toddlers, and children through age five. The vendor's portfolio is entirely grant-funded with no federal contract work; across thirty-four total awards since 2007, ninety-seven percent are prime grant awards. Recent funding flows almost exclusively from HHS/ACF's Office of Head Start, which has awarded the organization multiple project grants across four distinct programs. The vendor received a $2.3 million Early Head Start project grant (CFDA 93.600) awarded September 1, 2026, running through September 1, 2031, to deliver early childhood education, health, nutritional, and family-engagement services. Concurrently, the vendor holds two active Head Start Disaster Recovery grants (CFDA 93.356) totaling $1.5 million (awarded August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2028) and $14.7 million (awarded September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2027), both funding infrastructure repair, equipment replacement, and service continuation for early learning programs impacted by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. The vendor also holds a $2.05 million Head Start Disaster Recovery project grant (CFDA 93.356) with performance ending May 31, 2027, and a $1.48 million Head Start Disaster Recovery grant running through March 31, 2026. Additional ongoing grants include a $2.3 million Early Head Start award running through August 31, 2030, and a Head Start and Early Head Start program grant running through January 31, 2029. The vendor acts as sub-recipient on one award from the Department of Education of Puerto Rico (reimbursement-based, November 26, 2024).

Activity spiked between 2023 and 2024, with five awards in 2024 following a single 2023 award, then declining to one 2025 and two 2026 awards. Combined dollars obligated across all historical awards total $458.8 million. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying recompete exposure. The vendor serves three customer agencies: HHS/ACF (31 awards), a second HHS/ACF administrative line (2 awards), and USDA Food and Nutrition Service (1 award). The organization's footprint is geographically concentrated in Puerto Rico, where it tailors federal Head Start programming to local family needs while engaging parents as partners in early childhood development.