Cartwright Announces $3.5 million in HHS Funds for SLDHA Head Start Programs

Scranton, PAn – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a supplementary grant worth $3,592,980.00 to the Scranton/Lackawanna Human Development Agency (SLDHA). 

The agency is an umbrella organization dedicated to serving the needs of economically disadvantaged individuals within Lackawanna and surrounding counties through a variety of programs.

The funds will be used for the agency’s various Head Start programs that provide Pre-K, Early Head Start, and Head Start programs for children throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. 

“SLDHA’s Head Start programs provide children in northeastern Pennsylvania access to a wide range of high-quality educational services.  These federal funds are an investment in both our community and our children,” said Rep. Cartwright.  “I am a proud proponent of Head Start; a great education starts with early childhood education and is vital to strengthening our economy and our country.”

Head Start is a national program created in 1965 to address the educational and developmental needs of low-income, pre-school children.  Head Start’s comprehensive service system provides social, nutritional, and educational services for thousands of children and their families across the United States.