EARLY HEAD START GRANT APPLICATION SUMMARY.PDF

Maricopa County Human Services Department 
Early Education Division 
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Competitive Application Summary  
HHS-2020-ACF-OHS-HP-1852 
 
Program Overview 
The Maricopa County Human Services Department – Early Education Division Head Start 
Program is submitting a grant application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
(DHHS)/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start (OHS), Grant No. 
HHS-2020-ACF-OHS-HP-1852. The Head Start Program is requesting $1,882,836 for the Early Head 
Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) project to improve the quality care and education to children 
ages from birth to age three, in regulated center-based child care may experience and to expand existing 
EHS center-based services for children’s whose parents are enrolled in school or a job training program 
and experiencing poverty.  
 
The EHS-CCP project is seeking funding for all of Maricopa County, excluding the City of 
Phoenix and will direct grant resources to areas of the County in greatest need and which will maximize 
community impact in those areas.  
 
The grant requires a Non-Federal Share Match and is estimated to be $470,409, which will be 
achieved through In-kind contributions of goods and services directly benefiting the program. The total 
Project activity funds are anticipated to be $1,882,836 grant funds and $470,409 NFS for a total project 
amount of $2,353,245.