Fiscal Year 2023 Early Childhood Development

Background
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Early Childhood Development (ECD) funding opportunity under the Health Center Program. The purpose of ECD is to improve developmental outcomes among children served by health centers. Health centers will accomplish this by increasing developmental screenings and access to appropriate follow-up services for children ages 0-5, and by expanding, enhancing, and further integrating ECD expertise into care teams.

Grant Details
The funding opportunity is for new grant awards with an estimated total annual available FY 2023 funding of $30 million to fund up to 150 recipients. Each recipient may apply for a ceiling amount of $200,000 per year. The period of performance is from September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2025 (2 years).

Eligibility Requirements
Current Health Center Program operational grant (H80) award recipients are eligible for ECD funding. Cost sharing/matching is not required for this program. HRSA may not consider an application for funding if it exceeds the funding ceiling amount of $200,000 for Year 1 on the SF-424A and Budget Narrative or fails to include the Project Narrative described in Section IV.2.ii.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for the grant is from September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2025 (2 years).

Grant Value
$30 million is available annually to fund up to 150 recipients with each recipient eligible to apply for a ceiling amount of $200,000 per year.