42 U.S.C. § 9833

Financial assistance for Head Start programs

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The Secretary may, upon application by an agency which is eligible for designation as a Head Start agency pursuant to section 9836 of this title, provide financial assistance to such agency for a period of 5 years for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a Head Start program focused primarily upon children from low-income families who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance which (1) will provide such comprehensive health, education, parental involvement, nutritional, social, and other services as will enable the children to attain their full potential and attain school readiness; and (2) will provide for direct participation of the parents of such children in the development, conduct, and overall program direction at the local level.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: Texas Neighborhood Servs. v. United States Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 875 F.3d 1 (D.D.C. 2017).
Texas Neighborhood Servs. v. United States Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 875 F.3d 1 (D.D.C. 2017). “42 U.S.C. § 9833 ; see 45 C.F.R! §§ 1301.”
Chasson v. Cmty. Action of Laramie Cnty., Inc., 768 P.2d 572 (Wyo. 1989). “42 U.S.C. § 9833 (1982). CALC has been the local agency grantee for Laramie County, Wyoming for over nineteen years.”
California Human Dev. Corp. v. United States, 87 Fed. Cl. 282 (Fed. Cl. 2009). “See 42 U.S.C. § 9833 . . These findings of fact are based upon the record developed during a four-day trial in August 2008.”
Tender Years Learning Corp. v. United States, 128 Fed. Cl. 265 (Fed. Cl. 2016). “See 42 U.S.C. §§ 9833 , 9836. HHS must examine Head Start agencies every five years to determine whether they are continuing to meet the Act’s standards.”
Hollis v. Tanner, 341 S.E.2d 290 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986). “” 42 USC § 9833 . Because Head Start is active only during the school year, its employees are customarily laid off during the summer months; and they customarily have, in the past, applied for and received unemployment *760 insurance benefits during such months.”
Action for Boston Cmty. Dev., Inc. v. Shalala, 983 F. Supp. 222 (D. Mass. 1997). “Specifically, the Assistant Secretary redelegated to the Regional Officers the authority to “[a]pprove/disapprove applications and make awards for grants and amendments to Head Start agencies” under 42 U.S.C. § 9833 . The authority to designate Head Start agencies under…”
Tender Years Learning Corp. v. United States, 134 Fed. Cl. 336 (Fed. Cl. 2017). “See 42 U.S.C. §§ 9833 , 9836. HHS must examine Head Start agencies every five years to determine whether they are continuing to meet the Act’s standards.”
Intercommunity Relations Council of Rockland Cnty., Inc. v. United States Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 859 F. Supp. 81 (S.D.N.Y. 1994). “§ 9836 ; see also 42 U.S.C. § 9833 . IRC has established no violations of these sections.”
Head Start Fam. Educ. Prog., Inc. v. Coop. Educ. Serv. Agency 11, 46 F.3d 629 (7th Cir. 1995). “” 42 U.S.C. § 9833 (a). A Head Start grantee may delegate all or part of its responsibilities for operating a Head Start program to a “delegate agency.”
Texas Neighborhood Servs. v. HHS (D.C. Cir. 2017). “42 U.S.C. § 9833 ; see 45 C.F.R. §§ 1301.”
Livingston Educ. Serv. Agency v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., Sec'y of (E.D. Mich. 2022). “cc/PME5-9724; see also 42 U.S.C. § 9833 (providing that the Secretary “may .”
Albina Head Start, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. (D.D.C. 2025). “as a Head Start agency for the period of 5 years described in [ 42 U.S.C. § 9833 ].” Head Start for School Readiness Act, § 7 (codified at 42 U.”
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