{"id":467,"date":"2020-08-06T18:34:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T18:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2025-02-12T20:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T20:32:33","slug":"early-head-start-application-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/early-head-start-application-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Head Start Application Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"467\" class=\"elementor elementor-467\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a4fea5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a4fea5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28e9562\" data-id=\"28e9562\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1acdb65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1acdb65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stephen-andrews-u0zTce7KNlY-unsplash-scaled-e1596587929397-1024x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-456\" alt=\"child\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stephen-andrews-u0zTce7KNlY-unsplash-scaled-e1596587929397-1024x450.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stephen-andrews-u0zTce7KNlY-unsplash-scaled-e1596587929397-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stephen-andrews-u0zTce7KNlY-unsplash-scaled-e1596587929397-768x338.jpg 768w, https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stephen-andrews-u0zTce7KNlY-unsplash-scaled-e1596587929397-1536x676.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/homegrownchildcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stephen-andrews-u0zTce7KNlY-unsplash-scaled-e1596587929397-2048x901.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1c7a2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1c7a2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52caf10\" data-id=\"52caf10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6484eda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6484eda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The federal Administration of Children and Families has released the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grants.gov\/view-opportunity.html?dpp=1&amp;oppPkgId=262707&amp;utm_source=Home+Grown+Mailing+List&amp;utm_campaign=049559ee25-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_24_09_01_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_ff14c234f7-049559ee25-\">Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start- Child care Partnership Grants<\/a>&nbsp;funding opportunity proposal announcement. It explicitly encourages the participation of family child care providers. Home Grown believes integration with Head Start\/Early Head Start offers a critical opportunity to improve the quality of home-based child care and bolster the sustainability of providers, while enabling Head Start to meet its mission to serve the neediest young children in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are due on September 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>We are partnering with the Ounce of Prevention and Early Education Achievement Consultants to provide support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please provide your contact information below to access our library of resources and receive updates from Home Grown.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d741325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d741325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script>\nvar 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