Head Start in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Head Start awards, not a classroom census

CFDA 93.600 is titled HEAD START. Filtered to Pennsylvania place of performance, obligations sum to $2,448,514,120.12 on 189 awards. The national Head Start hub includes every state. Pennsylvania's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $2,448,514,120.12 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of classrooms, slots, or teachers in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, or Harrisburg.

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 the southeast and the Alleghenies, or count classrooms, slots, or teachers. Packet facts stop at $2,448,514,120.12, 189 awards, PA, and 93.600. Correlation is not causation.

93.600 is not CCDBG in Pennsylvania

the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $2,448,514,120.12 would invent a broader total than this 93.600 × PA cell contains. Facts available: Pennsylvania, CFDA 93.600, $2,448,514,120.12, 189 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 Pennsylvania outcomes. Dividing $2,448,514,120.12 by 189 yields about $12.96 million per award—a local-agency Head Start grant, not a typical teacher salary or per-child cost. Unique recipients are unpublished. 189 is not a count of classrooms, slots, or teachers.

Questions

How much Head Start funding is obligated in Pennsylvania?

USAspending.gov shows $2,448,514,120.12 in CFDA 93.600 obligations coded to Pennsylvania across 189 awards. The join uses the program number and Pennsylvania place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Head Start and Pennsylvania together when citing $2,448,514,120.12.

Is Head Start the same as CCDBG in Pennsylvania?

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 $2,448,514,120.12. 189 is a record count, not a classroom, slot, or teacher census.

Do 189 awards mean 189 Head Start centers?

189 is a USAspending award-record count, not a classroom, slot, or teacher census. The implied mean is about $12.96 million per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $2,448,514,120.12 are not outlays. Keep Head Start and Pennsylvania together when citing $2,448,514,120.12. The overlay remains the live 93.600 × PA table on USAspending.gov.

Is $2.45 billion Pennsylvania's full federal early-childhood spend?

No. $2,448,514,120.12 is only the 93.600 × Pennsylvania cell. Other CFDA programs with Pennsylvania place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 93.600 is not limited to Pennsylvania. Obligations of $2,448,514,120.12 are not outlays.