Opportunity Overview
Active renewal window. The Illinois Department of Early Childhood FY27 Migrant and Seasonal Head Start program, CSFA 480-50-3708, supports a full-day comprehensive Head Start child-development program for children ages six weeks through six years from migrant and seasonal farm-worker families. Illinois GATA lists an FY27 application range of March 3 through September 15, 2026 and an award range of $750,000 to $1,800,000. The public record does not publish a closing clock time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer one.
Funding and Eligibility
The official AmpliFund record lists $5,818,869 in opportunity funding and classifies the notice as Renewal and Non Competitive. Applicant eligibility is expressly limited to renewal applications only. The program serves low-income agricultural workers with children younger than six.
The Illinois CSFA program record publishes a $700,064 formula-matching requirement at the program level. The public source does not allocate that figure among the current grantees or state an applicant-specific match percentage, so Atlas does not infer one.
Program Scope
Supported services include early childhood education, school readiness, developmental assessment, mental-health screening, immunizations, nutritious meals, medical and dental examinations, completion of needed medical and dental treatment, social-service referrals, transportation, and related comprehensive Head Start services.
Current FY27 Awards
Illinois currently lists four FY27 awards for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: Rainbow Learning Enrichment, NFP at $1,793,039; Del Valle Migrant Head Start, Inc. at $1,125,531; PerryAyz Foundation d/b/a P.A. Migrant Seasonal Headstart at $768,141; and Southern Seven Health Department at $768,141.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 62/100. The program is highly relevant to early childhood, school readiness, preventive health, mental health, medical and dental services, but the current FY27 notice does not provide a competitive pathway for new applicants because eligibility is renewal-only and incumbent awards are already posted.
N9+ Fit Score: 30/100, conditional. The program includes medical, developmental and mental-health service delivery that could conceptually benefit from telehealth-enabled clinical support. However, the controlling public record does not establish equipment or technology allowability, a direct procurement pathway, or an applicant-specific N9+ use case. Atlas therefore does not represent N9+ as an authorized expenditure under this notice.
Next Action
Monitor IDEC and Illinois GATA for a future competitive successor, eligibility amendment, or related health-services procurement. Do not initiate new-applicant outreach under the current renewal-only FY27 notice.
Official sources: Illinois GATA / CSFA program record and Illinois AmpliFund FY27 opportunity.