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CPS seeks Head Start funding model changes and $2.5M scholarship IGA with City Colleges
Summary
The Office of Early Childhood recommended new early childhood block grant agreements with Head Start grantees (two items totalling ~ $98.8M) and an IGA with City Colleges of Chicago for a $2.5M early learning workforce scholarship to expand the pipeline of qualified early‑childhood educators.
The CPS Office of Early Childhood presented three items the board will consider for approval: a new block grant funding model to administer Head Start funds through six grantee agencies, two intergovernmental agreements covering $49.7 million and $49.1 million respectively beginning July 1, 2026, and an intergovernmental agreement with City Colleges of Chicago for a $2.5 million scholarship to support early learning workforce credentials.
Leslie McKinley…
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