Common use of HHS Clause in Contracts

HHS. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within HHS is responsible for Federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. Several offices provide grants directly to Tribes or Tribal organizations, such as theOffice of Child Care (OCC), the Office of Head Start (OHS), and the Administration for NativeAmericans (▇▇▇). The OCC supports low-income working families through childcare financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and after-school programs. OCC partners with Tribes to administer the Child Care and Development Fund, which provides funding to 265 Tribal grantees, serving over 530 Tribes and Tribal organizations. Tribes have the flexibility to incorporate culturally significant elements into their childcare programs. Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families. Region XI awards direct grants to 154 American Indian and Alaska Native agencies to provide Head Start and Early Head Start services to over 24,000 children across 26 states, an almost equal number of children identified as American Indian, and Alaska Native are served in non-Tribal programs. OHS provides technical assistance support to grantees in the form of direct funding to American Indian and Alaska Native programs to secure training and technical assistance in their local communities in addition to OHS funding of a contract for the Region XI Training and Technical Assistance Center and cooperative agreements to six National Centers for the purpose of providing research-based information, practices, and strategies in support of identified grantee needs. The goal of ▇▇▇ is to promote the social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders by providing community-based project funding to improve the lives of Native American children and families.Part of ANA's mission is to promote, and provide funding for, language preservation and maintenance and language immersion activities.

HHS. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within HHS is responsible for Federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. Several offices provide grants directly to Tribes or Tribal organizations, such as theOffice of Child Care (OCC), the Office of Head Start (OHS), and the Administration for NativeAmericans (▇▇▇ANA). The OCC supports low-income working families through childcare financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and after-school programs. OCC partners with Tribes to administer the Child Care and Development Fund, which provides funding to 265 Tribal grantees, serving over 530 Tribes and Tribal organizations. Tribes have the flexibility to incorporate culturally significant elements into their childcare programs. Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families. Region XI awards direct grants to 154 American Indian and Alaska Native agencies to provide Head Start and Early Head Start services to over 24,000 children across 26 states, an almost equal number of children identified as American Indian, and Alaska Native are served in non-Tribal programs. OHS provides technical assistance support to grantees in the form of direct funding to American Indian and Alaska Native programs to secure training and technical assistance in their local communities in addition to OHS funding of a contract for the Region XI Training and Technical Assistance Center and cooperative agreements to six National Centers for the purpose of providing research-based information, practices, and strategies in support of identified grantee needs. The goal of ▇▇▇ ANA is to promote the social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders by providing community-based project funding to improve the lives of Native American children and families.Part of ANA's mission is to promote, and provide funding for, language preservation and maintenance and language immersion activities.