Sen. Cramer Notice: Standing Rock Granted $1.3 Million for Head Start and Early Head Start Programs

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start awarded a grant of $1,327,650 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Fort Yates to support Head Start and Early Head Start Programs.

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness of children of AIAN heritage by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs also offer traditional language and cultural practices to provide high-quality services to young children and their families based on the needs of the local communities.

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