The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $2.38 million to Oglala Lakota College on September 30, 2025, under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600).
Oglala Lakota College, a tribal college located in Kyle, South Dakota, serves the Oglala Lakota Nation. The award funds Head Start Tribal Colleges and Universities programming, which promotes school readiness by enhancing the cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of children through educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services. The Head Start program delivers services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners.
The funding is obligated through September 29, 2030, a five-year performance period. Work is performed in South Dakota. This is a Project Grant, the assistance type through which Head Start awards are made for five-year periods, with recipients evaluated against criteria that determine eligibility for renewal; non-competing continuations are issued based on availability of appropriation, satisfactory progress, compliance with terms and conditions, and a determination that continuation funding is in the federal government's best interest.