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Sen. Cramer: HHS Awards $4.3 Million in Head Start Funds to North Dakota Tribal Communities

Press Release

Date: May 17, 2022
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Indigenous Peoples Government Budget and Spending

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $4,272,883 in Head Start Indian Grants to North Dakota tribal communities. HHS awarded the following:

$1,647,772 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians;
$1,218,684 to the Three Affiliated Tribes; and
$1,406,427 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
The funds come through the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which 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.


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