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Strong Beginnings, the home, school and church to develop the whole child
Published title: Strong beginnings: leveraging the home, school, and church to develop the whole child in Haiti.
US$ millions unless stated. Haitian fiscal year, October to September. FY2026-27 began October 1, 2026.
Description
(Haiti): With FY 2021 funds, USAID will support the new activity Strong Beginnings: Leveraging the Home, School and Church to Develop the Whole Child in Haiti to improve reading and writing outcomes in Creole and French in approximately 160 schools in the Grand'Anse and South departments. The activity aligns with USAID's Education Policy and supports the Mission's resilience focus objectives..Activities will undertake teacher training and coaching efforts, including training in the use of classroom libraries to enhance students' reading comprehension, remediation/differentiation of instruction, and use of a bilingual, scripted, phonics-based early grade literacy curriculum embedded in a social-emotional learning approach. Pre-primary education will also be included to focus on the essential pre-literacy skills and to create an enabling learning environment
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from the beginning of a child's education through the early grades. The implementation of a learning laboratory approach facilitates a rapid feedback model that builds systematic achievement of learning objectives into the early stages of pre-primary education..Expected results include improved writing and reading skills in Creole and French for first and second grade students; improved social and emotional learning (SEL) skills for teachers and students; improved school readiness measures; implementation of a robust monitoring and evaluation plan; increased access to quality teacher training and coaching; knowledge sharing events among stakeholders in Haiti; the establishment of networks to develop partnerships in education across five departments in Haiti...
- Partner
- United States, USAID
- Sector
- Education
- Stage
- Closed since September 5, 2024
- Start
- March 6, 2020
- Closing
- September 5, 2024
- Instrument
- Cooperative agreement (B), grants
- Implementing agency
- University of Notre Dame du LAC
- Effectiveness
- Not reported
- Last transaction
- December 31, 2024
- Operation ID
- 72052120CA00009
Life cycle4 stages, 9 dates
Stage history
| Stage | From |
|---|---|
| Approved | March 6, 2020 |
| Under way | March 6, 2020 |
| Closing | September 5, 2024 |
| Closed | September 5, 2024 |
Dated events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Actual start | March 6, 2020 | IATI |
| Approval | March 6, 2020 | USAspending |
| First commitment | March 6, 2020 | Transactions |
| Planned start | March 6, 2020 | USAspending |
| Signing | March 6, 2020 | USAspending |
| First disbursement | June 30, 2020 | Transactions |
| Actual end | September 5, 2024 | IATI |
| Closing date | September 5, 2024 | USAspending |
| Last disbursement | December 31, 2024 | Transactions |
Financing
Table 1.Position at the data date by source (stocks), US$ millions
| This pageUS$ millions | Source | IATIUS$ millions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commitment | 9.1 | USAspending | 9.1 |
| Disbursed | 9.1 | USAspending | 9.1 |
| Undisbursed | Not reported | ||
| Total cost | Not reported |
USAspending amounts. Approved: The obligations of the award, in US$: the legal commitment of federal funds. Disbursed to date: The outlays of the award, in US$. Undisbursed: The undisbursed balance the record gives, where the source reports one, in US$. IATI column: the commitments and disbursements the partner reports to IATI, converted to US$. Amounts by source
Changes to the operation0 restructurings
- Original closing date
- Not reported
- Closing date extensions
- Not reported
- Restructurings
- 0
- Emergency component
- Not reported
New commitments and disbursements by fiscal year
Table 2.New commitments and disbursements by fiscal year (flows), US$ millions
| FY2019-20US$ millions | FY2020-21US$ millions | FY2021-22US$ millions | FY2022-23US$ millions | FY2023-24US$ millions | FY2024-25US$ millions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New commitments | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Disbursements | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| Cumulative disbursements | 0.1 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 9.1 |
Records and documents
Transactions25 records, March 6, 2020 to December 31, 2024
Table 3.Transactions, US$ millions
| Date | Measure | AmountUS$ millions | Source | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 6, 2020 | Commitment | 2.7 | USAspending | USAspending obligation |
| August 12, 2020 | Commitment | 1.4 | USAspending | USAspending obligation |
| August 25, 2021 | Commitment | 2.1 | USAspending | USAspending obligation |
| February 8, 2022 | Commitment | 1.1 | USAspending | USAspending obligation |
| January 11, 2023 | Commitment | 1.8 | USAspending | USAspending obligation |
| June 30, 2020 | Disbursements | <0.1 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| September 30, 2020 | Disbursements | 0.1 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| December 31, 2020 | Disbursements | 0.2 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| March 31, 2021 | Disbursements | 0.3 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| June 30, 2021 | Disbursements | 0.6 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| September 30, 2021 | Disbursements | 1.1 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| December 31, 2021 | Disbursements | 0.3 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| March 31, 2022 | Disbursements | 0.5 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| June 30, 2022 | Disbursements | 0.3 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| September 30, 2022 | Disbursements | 0.8 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| December 31, 2022 | Disbursements | 0.2 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| March 31, 2023 | Disbursements | 0.2 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| June 30, 2023 | Disbursements | 1.3 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| September 30, 2023 | Disbursements | 0.8 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| December 31, 2023 | Disbursements | 0.8 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| March 31, 2024 | Disbursements | 0.2 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| June 30, 2024 | Disbursements | 0.3 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| September 30, 2024 | Disbursements | 0.4 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| October 31, 2024 | Disbursements | <0.1 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| December 31, 2024 | Disbursements | 0.5 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
Terms2 of 6 reported
- Finance type
- 110 Standard grant
- Flow type
- Not reported
- Aid type
- C01 Project-type interventions
- Tied status
- Not reported
- Collaboration type
- Not reported
- Humanitarian
- Not reported
Identifiers2 identifiers
| System | Identifier | Source |
|---|---|---|
| IATI identifier | US-GOV-1-72052120CA00009 | IATI |
| US award | 72052120CA00009 | Operation record |
Where sources differ1 field
| Field | Source | Value | Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status | USAspending | Closed | ✓ |
| Status | IATI | Active |
Partner documents
No document is listed for this operation.
Sources
- IATI record (d-portal): terms of use set by the publisher
- Transactions: terms of use set by the publisher
- Operation record: terms of use set by the publisher
- USAspending: terms of use set by the publisher
- USAspending award page: terms of use set by the publisher
Data as of October 18, 2026
| Source | Read on |
|---|---|
| IATI | October 18, 2026 |
| USAspending | October 18, 2026 |
| USAspending | October 18, 2026 |
Cite this page
HaitiDocs. Strong Beginnings, the home, school and church to develop the whole child. Partner portfolio, data as of October 18, 2026. https://www.haitidocs.org/portfolio/projects/US%3A72052120CA00009