Fed Spend Map

Head StartFederal awards under assistance listing 93.600

  • Assistance listing 93.600

Federal agencies obligated $11B to awards under assistance listing 93.600 in FY2026.

The obligations since FY2023 are $46B.

The obligations in FY2027 to date are $0.

The largest award value came from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The state with the largest amount by place of performance is California.

An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ("obligated").

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Obligations by fiscal year

Obligations under assistance listing 93.600 by fiscal yearFY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027. USAspending loaded these data on 30 Sep 2026, so the figures of FY2027 stop on that date.
Fiscal yearObligations
FY2023$11B
FY2024$12B
FY2025$12B
FY2026$11B
FY2027 to date$0

Recipients

Recipients by obligations, FY2022 to FY2025Largest first. The table is a list of awards. It is not a grade of a recipient.
RecipientObligations
Los Angeles County Office of Education$774M
Acelero Inc$386M
Neighborhood House Association$382M
Miami-Dade County$351M
Grow Early Learning Corp.$287M
Riverside County Office of Education$276M
City of New York Board of Education$274M
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.$262M
Mississippi Action for Progress, Inc.$259M
San Bernardino, County of$256M
Lutheran Services Florida, Inc.$230M
Redlands Christian Migrant Association$229M
Oregon Child Development Coalition, Inc.$219M
Sacramento Employment Training Agency$216M
Telamon Corporation$212M
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles$211M
Chicago, City of$203M
School District of Philadelphia$200M
Chicanos Por LA Causa, Inc$199M
Inspire Development Centers$194M
Region 19 Education Service Center$192M
Child Care Resource Center Inc$191M
Orange County Head Start, Inc.$188M
Start Early$185M
Episcopal Childrens Services Inc$183M

Agencies and states

Awarding agencies by the award value of awards of $1 million or moreLargest first.
AgencyAward value
Department of Health and Human Services$26B
States by obligationsBy place of performance, largest first.
StateObligations
California$6.4B
Texas$3.1B
New York$2.8B
Florida$2.1B
Ohio$1.7B
Illinois$1.6B
Michigan$1.6B
Pennsylvania$1.5B
North Carolina$1.3B
Georgia$1.2B
Arizona$1.1B
Washington$1.0B

Awards of $1 million or more

Awards that started in FY2023 or laterThe awards with the largest award value, largest first.
RecipientAwarding agencyTypeAward valueStart datePlaceRecord
Los Angeles County Office of EducationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$606M22 Jun 2024CAUSAspending
Neighborhood House AssociationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$391M21 Jun 2023CAUSAspending
Sacramento Employment Training AgencyDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$218M25 Jul 2024CAUSAspending
Riverside County Office of EducationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$210M24 Aug 2023CAUSAspending
Grow Early Learning Corp.Department of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$156M23 Oct 2024NCUSAspending
Child-Parent Centers, Inc.Department of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$151M31 Aug 2023AZUSAspending
Child Care Resource Center IncDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$149M27 Dec 2023CAUSAspending
Region 19 Education Service CenterDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$149M21 Jun 2024TXUSAspending
Orange County Head Start, Inc.Department of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$146M17 Jun 2024CAUSAspending
Recipient not shownDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantProject Grant (B)$138M29 Dec 2023ILUSAspending

Other assistance listings with a number that starts with 93

In order of number. The figure is the obligations since FY2023.

Official records

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Cite this page

Fed Spend Map. "Head Start (93.600): federal assistance". Data: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, loaded .

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The address of this page is permanent.

Where the figures come from

USAspending.gov API v2: spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, the table by recipient for FY2022 to FY2025, and the award search. USAspending loaded the data on 30 Sep 2026. See how the atlas is made.

Questions

How many recipients are in the list on this page?

The list has 25 recipients.

It counts the obligations of FY2022 to FY2025.

How many awards of $1 million or more are on record?

1,769 awards started in FY2023 or later.

Their award value is $26B.

What is an assistance listing?

It is the number of one federal assistance program on SAM.gov. Each grant, loan or direct payment record has one.

This listing is 93.600.

Contracts have no assistance listing and are not in these figures.

How complete are the amounts by state?

The amounts by state come from the 100 largest entries of each state. A small amount in a state can be absent.

The total since FY2023, $46B, is complete.