Okaloosa County Headstart Child Development Inc. received a $276,548.25 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families on April 1, 2021 to be completed by August 31, 2021. The funding supports the Head Start program under the Head Start CFDA #93.600 program. Head Start programs promote school readiness through educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to low-income children. Specifically, this award will support Okaloosa County Headstart in Fort Walton Beach, Florida in delivering such services to enhance cognitive, physical, behavioral and social-emotional development of enrolled children through August 2021.