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Head Start News provides timely information for Head Start Preschool and Early Head Start programs about regulatory requirements, Office of Head Start priorities, and Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for DRS grant competitions, as well as tips, strategies, and resources to support compliance and continuous program improvement.

If you followed our DRS Updates blog before, you will want to sign up for this new blog now! When there is a forecasted or open DRS competition, we will use Head Start News to continue to share tips, strategies, and resources to help agencies in DRS, at risk of being in DRS, or those wishing to compete for the service areas to submit the most competitive application.

The Head Start News blog is published a minimum of quarterly. Subscribing also gives you access to our Monthly Round Up, where we highlight blog posts from both of our blogs, upcoming events, and newsworthy research and reflections.

7/11/19 7/11/19

Number of DRS Round 8 Forecasted Grants Increases to 163

7/1/19 7/1/19

DRS Round 8 Expected in September 2019

5/16/19 5/16/19

What Will The Timing Be For DRS Round 8?

3/27/19 3/27/19

NPRM Released on Head Start Duration Requirements

2/21/19 2/21/19

Update on DRS Awards, Forecasts, and Live FOAs

Updates on DRS Round 7 (submitted), DRS Round 8 (awaiting FOAs), and other Head Start/Early Head Start grant competitions.

1/24/19 1/24/19

How to Use the Wait for DRS to Enhance Proposal Competitiveness

12/13/18 12/13/18

Planning for 2019: Maximize DRS Competitiveness with a Strong Community Assessment

11/21/18 11/21/18

DRS Round 7 Comes to a Close

11/7/18 11/7/18

Grants.gov Maintenance Scheduled Just Prior to DRS Proposal Due Date

10/23/18 10/23/18

Strategies for Successful Submission of Your DRS Round 7 Proposal

10/4/18 10/4/18

A Couple More DRS Round 7 FOAs – And Maybe a Round 8 Forecast?

9/25/18 9/25/18

Most DRS Round 7 FOAs Have Posted

9/20/18 9/20/18

DRS Round 7 FOAs Starting to Post to Grants.gov

9/18/18 9/18/18

DRS Round 7 Expected Soon and Grant Forecasts Keep Coming

9/12/18 9/12/18

As DRS Round 7 Approaches, Another Forecast Added

8/21/18 8/21/18

DRS Round 7 Has Grown to 141 Forecasted Grants

8/6/18 8/6/18

The List Keeps Growing – Even More DRS Round 7 Grants Forecasted

The list of Designation Renewal System (DRS) round 7 grant forecasts continues to grow. Two additional grants were forecasted.

8/3/18 8/3/18

Additional DRS Round 7 Grant Competitions Forecasted

7/23/18 7/23/18

DRS Round 7 Grant Competitions Forecasted for September 2018

The much anticipated seventh round of Designation Renewal System (DRS) grant opportunities was forecasted on grants.gov. The forecast went live on Friday, July 20, 2018.