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January 20, 2000 - Secretary Schalansky announces $1.25 million in Head Start grants
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Secretary Janet Schalansky today announced that $1.25 million in grants have been awarded to 13 Head Start programs in Kansas to provide continued assistance to children and families previously taking part in the Early Head Start Program.
Head Start agencies funded for the program are listed in the attached chart.
Funding for the grants comes from Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The funding was transferred to CCDF from the state's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families federal block grant for the child care program. The grants announced today are for six months of Head Start for 300 children; beginning with the new fiscal year on July 1, the agencies awarded the grants will divide $2.5 million for a whole year of Head Start.
The grants will allow children and families who started in the Early Head Start program since 1998 to continue to receive assistance as they age out of the Early Head Start program. SRS awards $5 million per year to these same agencies for the Early Head Start program. Early Head Start is for new bom children to age 3, while Head Start is for children age 4 and 5. Beginning in July, $7.5 million will be available to the grantees to provide comprehensive Early Head Start and Head Start services to children from birth to age 4.
Secretary Schalansky said among the goals of both Head Start and Early Head Start is to provide low-income families with quality child care that provides a sense of security, allowing parents to be better employees. She pointed out that Kansas was the first state in the nation to create a state-federal partnership to fund early childhood development through Early Head Start.
"Quality child care provided to young children has a decisive and long-lasting effect on cognitive, language, and socialization skills," she said. "The positive effect of these skills show up in improved classroom behavior, long term leaming success, and even improved likelihood of long-term social and economic self-sufficiency."
KANSAS HEAD START
Funding
for Grant Year I - $1.25 Milion
(January 2000 - June 2000)
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Site |
To Be Served | Number of Children | Program Cost |
| 1. | Bright Beginnings (Dodge City) | 14 - 15 | $ 57,735.00 |
| 2. | Child Care Association (Wichita) | 27 - 28 | $ 122,836.00 |
| 3. | Clay County (Clay Center) | 15 - 17 | $67,170.00 |
| 4. | Community Action, Inc. (Topeka) | 19 - 20 | $ 88,141.00 |
| 5. | ECKAN (Ottawa) | 14 - 15 | $60,442.50 |
| 6. | Futures Unlimited (Wellington) | 12 - 14 | $53,886.00 |
| 7. | Hays Head Start (Hays) | 14 - 15 | $57,735.00 |
| 8. | Heartland Programs (Salina) | 31 - 32 | $125,360.00 |
| 9. | NEK-CAP (Hiawatha) | 22 - 23 | $101,959.00 |
| 10. | Opportunity Preschool (Manhattan) | 24 - 25 | $110,562.50 |
| 11. | Project Eagle (Kansas City) | 23 - 24 | $109,476.00 |
| 12. | SEK-CAP (Girard) | 45 - 47 | $174,975.00 |
| 13. | Head Start of Shawnee Mission (Overland Park) | 23 - 25 | $120,412.50 |
| Totals | 300 | $1,250,604.50 |
Page Last Updated: May 29, 2001