U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $450,551 in Head Start and Early Head Start program funds to recipients in North Dakota including $40,932 to Community Action Region VI, which serves nine counties in the Jamestown region including Stutsman.
Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness for young children and toddlers from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development as well as early learning, health, and family well-being.