Aian head start

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians $352,809 on May 1, 2026, under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600) to deliver early childhood education, health, nutritional, social, and related services to American Indian and Alaska Native children and families.

The five-year project grant runs through April 30, 2031, with performance in Maine. Head Start services under this award promote school readiness by enhancing cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of enrollees, with local Head Start programs tailoring the federal program to the needs of families in their service area. The program encompasses preschool services for 3- and 4-year-old children and Early Head Start services for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women.

The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, a federally recognized Indian Tribe headquartered in Littleton, Maine, operates as a recipient of federal grants delivering tribal government services, natural resource management, environmental programs, and community social services to its reservation and regional communities. The tribe's federal funding portfolio is anchored primarily in formula-based and project grants from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, supporting child care development, family violence prevention and services, and child welfare social services, alongside funding from the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency.