About Region 4
Our Mission
The Region 4 mission is to deliver resources that enable our customers to provide services that measurably improve the lives of individuals, families, children, and communities.
Service Area
ACF Region 4 serves the 8 southeastern states of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Kentucky.
Profile
8 States
306 Head Start Grantees serving 156,185 children
59 Early Head Start Grantees serving 12,399 pregnant women, infants
and toddlers
30 Runaway and Homeless Grants
Organization
The Office of the Regional Administrator is located in Atlanta and is responsible for the Administration's key national goals and priorities in the eight state area. The Regional Administrator provides executive leadership and direction to state, county, and city governments, as well as to other public and private local grantees to ensure effective and efficient program and financial management. The Regional Administrator ensures that grantee agencies conform to federal laws, regulations, policies and procedures governing the programs, and exercises all delegated authorities and responsibilities for oversight of the programs. The Deputy Regional Administrator, also in the Atlanta office, serves as the full deputy to the Region IV Regional Administrator.
The Grants Officer responsible for fiscal matters concerning grantees within the eight state area is located in the Office of the Regional Administrator.
The Director for State Programs reports to the Regional Administrator and is responsible for centralized program, financial management and technical administration for ACF programs funded through State agencies: Child Support Enforcement, Child Welfare Services, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Child Care and Development Fund, Foster Care and Adoption, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, and Developmental Disabilities.
The Director for Community Programs reports to the Regional Administrator and is responsible for providing centralized program, financial management and technical administration of programs funded through discretionary grants: Head Start, Early Head Start and Runaway and Homeless Youth and other Youth Programs.