Head Start in Illinois

Head Start 93.600 crossed with Illinois geography

CFDA 93.600 is titled HEAD START. Filtered to Illinois place of performance, obligations sum to $2,584,121,322.28 on 166 awards. The national Head Start hub includes every state. Illinois's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $2,584,121,322.28 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of classrooms, slots, or teachers in Chicago, Springfield, or Peoria.

Head Start often funds local agencies rather than a single statewide block, which produces a many-grantee award file. The join does not name recipients, split Cook County and downstate, or count classrooms, slots, or teachers. Packet facts stop at $2,584,121,322.28, 166 awards, IL, and 93.600. Correlation is not causation.

93.600 is not CCDBG in Illinois

the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $2,584,121,322.28 would invent a broader total than this 93.600 × IL cell contains. Facts available: Illinois, CFDA 93.600, $2,584,121,322.28, 166 awards. Recipient names, subawards, and classroom, slot, or teacher counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Head Start, not a ranking of Illinois outcomes. Dividing $2,584,121,322.28 by 166 yields about $15.57 million per award—a local-agency Head Start grant, not a typical teacher salary or per-child cost. Unique recipients are unpublished. 166 is not a count of classrooms, slots, or teachers.

Questions

How much Head Start funding is obligated in Illinois?

USAspending.gov shows $2,584,121,322.28 in CFDA 93.600 obligations coded to Illinois across 166 awards. The join uses the program number and Illinois place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Head Start and Illinois together when citing $2,584,121,322.28.

Is Head Start the same as CCDBG in Illinois?

No. This cell is CFDA 93.600 only. the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $2,584,121,322.28. 166 is a record count, not a classroom, slot, or teacher census.

Do 166 awards mean 166 Head Start centers?

166 is a USAspending award-record count, not a classroom, slot, or teacher census. The implied mean is about $15.57 million per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $2,584,121,322.28 are not outlays. Keep Head Start and Illinois together when citing $2,584,121,322.28. The overlay remains the live 93.600 × IL table on USAspending.gov.

Do these obligations equal slots filled?

No. $2,584,121,322.28 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. This packet has no classroom, slot, or teacher count. Keep the obligation label when citing the pair. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov for this 93.600 × IL pair.