Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program
Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program
The Office of Child Development and Early Learning administers the
Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program.
This program, for existing Head Start grantees, provides state funds to supplement federal allocations to expand high-quality pre-kindergarten Head Start services for eligible children throughout Pennsylvania.
Head Start Programs may enroll additional three or four-year-old children and/or expand full-day and full-year service opportunities for children and families.
Participating Head Start programs have demonstrated the need for additional Head Start services in their service area;
the ability to expand, either independently or in cooperation with a local school district,
a licensed child care center or registered family child care home;
the ability to comply with federal Head Start
and state child care requirements for Head Start provided extended day services, if applicable; and the ability to work collaboratively with child care,
if a childcare collaboration is used for extended day services.