Thompson, Garamendi Announces more than $939,000 for Lake Family Resource Center

Statement

U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and John Garamendi (CA- 3) today announced a $939,062 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant for Lake Family Resource Center. The funding will be used for the center's Early Head Start program which provides expectant mothers and low-income families with children up to 3 years old with services and resources such as child development, prenatal education, family services and parent involvement activities.

"Through Early Head Start, the Lake Family Resource Center provides a wide array of benefits to young children and parents, all of which help to make sure families have a foundation for success that's rooted in education and strong, healthy development," said Thompson. "This grant will allow our resource center to continue its important work and I am proud to support its funding efforts."

"Head Start programs are already transforming lives in Lake County and across the country, and this grant for the Lake Family Resource Center is going to much good for parents and children in our community," Garamendi said. "This grant will give our children a greater chance to excel at an early age and help make families stronger."

"Lake FRC is thrilled to receive funding to continue provision of services that help children and families to thrive," said Lake Family Resource Center Executive Director Gloria Flaherty. "The agency is committed to strengthening families and Early Head Start builds a wonderful foundation in establishing that parents are the first and best teachers of their children."

The reauthorization of the Head Start Act in 1994 made it possible to establish Early Head Start as a program to serve infants and toddlers under the age of 3 and pregnant women. Early Head Start provides early, continuous, intensive and comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants, toddlers, pregnant women and their families.

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