ICF International Awarded TTA Contract for Region 11
Written by NIHSDA Admin
Tuesday, 04 August 2009
ICF International Awarded Over $47M by Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start
Firm Wins Two New Regions and Two Re-Compete Regions to Continue Work with Head Start Program
Fairfax, VA, August 4, 2009 - ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) announced today that its subsidiary, ICF Incorporated, LLC, was awarded two new contracts and two re-compete contracts worth over $47M to provide state-based training and technical assistance through direct service to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start. The new areas include the Pacific Northwest and the American Indian/Alaska Native regions. The new contracts are valued at over $26 million. The re-competed contracts won are for the Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West regions.
“It is especially gratifying to have been awarded these four regions to support the Office of Head Start and Head Start grantees. These wins further expand ICF’s role working with at-risk children and families, also allowing us to specifically work with the American Indian/Alaska Native communities throughout the United States,” said Barbara Rudin, ICF senior vice president and early education expert. “Through our work in the Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West, Pacific Northwest, and American Indian/Alaska Native regions, we run the gamut of large inner city grantees to remote rural programs. This provides us the opportunity to hone our skills and understanding of the program constituents and ensure that we are providing best practices wherever we work with Head Start grantees,” she added.
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ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy and climate change; environment and infrastructure; health, human services, and social programs; and homeland security and defense markets. The firm combines passion for its work with industry expertise and innovative analytics to produce compelling results throughout the entire program life cycle, from research and analysis through implementation and improvement. Since 1969, ICF has been serving government at all levels, major corporations, and multilateral institutions. More than 3,500 employees serve these clients worldwide. ICF’s Web site is www.icfi.com.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 04 August 2009 )
2008 Tribal Consultation Report - Kansas City
Written by NIHSDA Admin
Monday, 15 December 2008
The first of the Tribal Consultation Reports was released last week. The following is the message from Pat Brown:
December 9, 2008
Dear Tribal Consultation Participant:
On behalf of the Office of Head Start, I would like to thank you again for joining us for
the Tribal Consultation held in Kansas City. We appreciate the effort you made to attend.
More important, we are grateful for the feedback and recommendations you shared with us
on ways in which the Office of Head Start might better meet the needs of American Indian
and Alaska Native children and families.
Attached is a summary report on the consultation session. This report, and those from the
other Tribal Consultation sessions, will soon be available on the Early Childhood Learning
and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) at http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc.
As we continue to move forward in responding to the Improving Head Start for School
Readiness Act of 2007, we welcome your continued involvement in this process. In
addition to the annual consultation sessions, I encourage you to communicate your
successes, suggestions, and concerns as they occur.
Our new Regional Program Manager for the American Indian and Alaska Native Head
Start programs is Nina McFadden. She can be reached at
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by phone at 202-205-8569. I know she would welcome the opportunity to talk with you
directly as we work together to improve Head Start services to Native children and families.
Wishing you all the best in the coming new year,
Sincerely,
Patricia E. Brown
Acting Director
Office of Head Start
Last Updated ( Monday, 15 December 2008 )
New Regional Program Manager for AIAN
Written by NIHSDA Admin
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
On November 4, 2008, the Office of Head Start announced Nina McFadden as the new Regional Program Manager for the American Indian/Alaska Native Program Branch.
She is a graduate of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and holds a Masters of Social Work from Michigan State University in East Lansing. Further, she has taken additional professional training such as Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives at the Harvard Law School, Fundamentals of Finance for the Technical Executive at the MIT/Sloan Management and Harvard University as well as the Executive Leadership Development Program with the DHHS/Indian Health Service. She has been an Adjunct Professor, Bemidji State University in the Social Work Department and been on the Practitioners Advisory Council.
