The Head Start/Early Head Start Program in Pulaski County, which has been administered by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Pediatrics since 1998, has received a grant of $41 million from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The grant will be used to operate the program and is structured to provide $8.2 million a year for five years. Head Start/Early Head Start is a federally funded program designed to increase school readiness of low-income children.

The Pulaski County Head Start/Early Head Start Program serves more than 700 students age 6 weeks to 5 years and their families through both center-based and home-based programs across the county.     MORE