Federal Grant Award Summary

Cankdeska Cikana Community College (doing business as Little Hoop Community College) received a $3.27 million Project Grant from the Office of Head Start (CFDA 93.600) awarded on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2030. This award supports the Head Start Tribal Colleges and Universities and Head Start Professional Development initiatives, which are designed to enhance early childhood education and family support services for low-income children and families within the Spirit Lake Nation service area in Fort Totten, North Dakota.

Under this five-year funding period, the college will deliver comprehensive Head Start services including educational instruction, health and nutritional support, social-emotional development programming, and family engagement initiatives tailored to local community needs. As a tribally owned institution and 1994 Land Grant College with demonstrated federal grant management experience, the college will leverage this award to promote school readiness among vulnerable young children while building professional development capacity within tribal higher education and Head Start service delivery systems. The award obligates full funding across five consecutive 12-month budget periods, with the college required to provide a 20 percent non-federal match consistent with Head Start program requirements.