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The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Ute Indian Tribe $2.376 million on April 1, 2026, under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600) to deliver American Indian and Alaska Native early childhood education and family support services through a five-year project grant.

The award funds Head Start and Early Head Start services—preschool programming for 3- and 4-year-old children and Early Head Start services for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women—tailored to the Tribe's service population on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah. Head Start enhances cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development through educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services while engaging parents as partners.

Performance runs through March 31, 2031, with place of performance in Utah. The Head Start program operates through merit review and competitive selection processes; recipients meeting performance criteria during their five-year award period become eligible for renewal without re-competing. The Ute Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Fort Duchesne, Utah, operates primarily as a federal grant recipient across health, education, workforce development, environmental management, and infrastructure programs. This Head Start award exemplifies the Tribe's concentrated federal portfolio, which emphasizes formula and project grants serving tribal members and reservation lands rather than federal contracting.