APPLICATION NOTIFICATION FOR FY2020.PDF

ADMINISTRATION FOR &
CHILDREN &FAMILIES
Office of Head Start I Region IX 90 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 I www.ecikc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov
Steve Chucri
Board Chairperson
Maricopa County Human Services
234 North Central Avenue, Suite 3201
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Re: Grant No. 09CH010385
Dear Mr. Chucri:
A grant application must be completed for the upcoming budget period. Please consult the grant
application instructions to determine the type of application required. The application for the Head
Start grant is due 04/01/2019. As informed by Program Instruction ACF-PI-HS-18-06 issued
November 30, 2018, the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, provides a cost-of-
living adjustment (COLA) of 1.77 percent to eligible grantees. This application will need to include
the COLA increase and must demonstrate how it will be used in accordance with the intended
purposes indicated in the Program Instruction.
The following table reflects the annual funding and enrollment levels for your grant.
Program Head Start Early Head Start
Federal Funded Enrollment 807 182
Funding Type Head Start Early Head Start
Program Operations $10,750,213 $2,910,168
Training and Technical Assistance $126,164 $66,934
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) $190,279 $51,510
Total Funding $14,095,268
Period of Funding: 07/01/2019 — 06/30/2020
Application Submission Requirements
The application must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Head Start Grant
Application Instructions with Guidance, Version 3 (Application Instructions). It must be submitted
on behalf of the Authorizing Official registered in the HSES.
Incomplete applications will not be processed.
The Application Instructions are available on the home page of HSES. Please review the instructions
carefully prior to preparing the application. Submission guidance can be found in the "Instructions"
section of the HSES.

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Please contact Andrea Harvey, Program Specialist, at (415) 437-8544 or andrea.harvey@acf.hhs.gov
or Gabriela Aranda, Grants Management Specialist, at (415) 437-8423 or
gabriela.aranda@acf.hhs.gov with questions regarding the Application Instructions.
For assistance submitting the application in HSES, contact help(a),hsesinfo.org or 1-866-771-4737.
Funding is contingent upon the availability of federal funds and satisfactory performance under the
terms and conditions of the Head Start grant in the current budget period.
Thank you for your cooperation and timely submission of the grant application.
Sincerely,
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Jan Len
Regional Program Manager
Office of Head Start — Region IX
cc: Bruce Liggett, Executive Director
Evangelina Del Real, Head Start Director