U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
ACF
Administration for Children and Families
Program Instruction
To: All Head Start and Early Head Start Grantees and Delegate Agencies
Subject: Application of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards to For-Profit Head Start Grantees
This Program Instruction notifies for-profit Head Start grantees of their obligation to comply with subparts A-E of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards, commencing with fiscal years that begin on or after Jan. 1, 2017.
The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards at 45 CFR 75, commonly referred to as the Uniform Guidance, streamline grant management requirements. Pursuant to 45 CFR §75.101(c) in the Uniform Guidance, Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) awarding agencies may apply subparts A through E to federal agencies, for-profit entities, foreign public entities, or foreign organizations, except where the HHS awarding agency determines that to apply these subparts would be inconsistent with the international obligations of the United States or the statutes or regulations of a foreign government.
To maximize uniformity, the Office of Head Start will apply subparts A through E of the Uniform Guidance to for-profit grantees.
Subparts A through E are:
| The following portions of the part: | Are applicable to the following types of Federal awards and fixed-price contracts and subcontracts (except as noted in paragraphs (d) and (e) below): | Are NOT applicable to the following types of Federal awards and fixed-price contracts and subcontracts: |
| This table must be read along with the other provisions in this section | ||
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Subpart A—Acronyms and Definitions |
—All | |
| Subpart B—General Provisions, except for §75.111, 75.112, and 75.113 | —All | |
| Sections §75.111, 75.112, and 75.113 | —Grant agreements and cooperative agreements |
—Agreements for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance. |
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Subparts C-D, except for §75.202, 75.303, 75.351-.353 |
—Grant agreements and cooperative agreements | —Agreements for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance. —Procurement contracts awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulations and cost-reimbursement and subcontracts under these contracts. |
| §75.202 | —Grant Agreements and cooperative agreements —Agreements for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance |
—Procurement contracts awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulations and cost-reimbursement and subcontracts under these contracts. |
| §75.303, 75.351-.353 | —All | |
| Subpart E—Cost Principles | —Grant agreements and cooperative agreements, except those providing food commodities —All procurement contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulations except those that are not negotiated |
—Grant agreements and cooperative agreements providing food commodities. —Fixed amount awards. —Agreements for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance. —Federal awards to hospitals (See Appendix IX). |
If you have questions about how these subparts apply to your program, please contact your Regional Office program specialist for assistance.
/ Ann Linehan /
Ann Linehan
Acting Director
Office of Head Start