1. Kern Grant Summit Child & Family Services - Head Start January 30, 2015 Prepared by Martin Tom Grants Officer Office of Grants Management

2. Places to find grant information: www.TAGGS.hhs.gov www.hhs.gov/grants www.acf.dhhs.gov www.cfda.gov www.recovery.gov Places to apply for funds: www.grants.gov www.FedBizOpps.gov Places to get help: Grant writing- www.cfda.gov Procurement technical assistance- www.SBA.Gov Find and Apply for Funds

3. ACF Region IX Awards 2009 AnnualRecovery Act TANF$4,205,080,958$428,566,000 Child Care $734,200,000$308717,000 Child Support $710,744,943$93,739,000 Foster Care/ Adoptions $1,877,204,780$60,000,000 Head Start$1,026,604,408$165,785,426 Totals$8.6 Billion$1.0 Billion

4.  Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)  Head Start (HS)  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)  Foster Care (FC) and Adoption Assistance (AA) Funds Available Through a Grantee

5. Being a Successful Applicant Business management capacity Financial management systems Procurement systems Personnel systems Property management systems Audits Financial capacity

6. . 6 Grant Review Process Screening of Applications Recruitment & Selection of Reviewers Panel Review 1 2 3 Grants Officer Certifies Competition and Conduct s Financial Review. 45 Notification of Unsuccessful Applicants Mailing Awards 6 Congressional Notifications 7 8

7. Panel Reviews and Evaluates. Reviews and Evaluations Applications Solely Against the Published Criteria Strengths & Weaknesses Numerical Scores