The Caldwell Parish School Board was awarded a $490,907 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600). The grant supports the provision of comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and family support services to low-income families and their children aged birth to five in the Caldwell Parish region. Through this funding, the school board delivers programming focused on enhancing the cognitive, physical, behavioral, and socio-emotional development of enrolled children to promote school readiness. The grant period runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2030. The school board has also received over $6.3 million in Head Start funding from HHS for early childhood education programming from 2020-2025, and has participated as a subrecipient on over 25 additional federal grant awards in areas such as special education, Title I, workforce development, and childcare.
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