| Washington, D.C.-Congressman Dale E. Kildee (D-MI) announced today that the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department would receive a $5 million grant to fund the Head Start Handicapped Training and Technical Assistance Program. The Office of Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded the grant to the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) to provide special assistance to low-income families with disabled children.
“As a member of Congress who has led numerous efforts to reform, expand and increase funding for the federal Head Start Program, I am delighted to announce the $5 million grant award for the Head Start Handicapped Training and Technical Assistance Program in Genesee County,” said Kildee. “This grant will help make the Head Start Program more accessible to families with children that have special needs.”
The Head Start Program, arguably the federal government’s most popular anti-poverty program, is specifically designed to help low-income children develop the skills they need to successfully enter the public education system. The program provides an invaluable service to eligible preschool children between the ages 3 and 5. The Head Start Program also gives families greater self-sufficiency and competency. In Genesee County, the program has been extremely successful in increasing childhood literacy. Presently, The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department serves over 2,000 children in the Head Start Program and 182 children in the Early Head Start Program. This supplemental grant provides additional funds to GCCARD to provide disabled children with special services and to help train staff to work with disabled children. |
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