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| For Immediate Release April 7, 2008 |
Contact: Kerry McKenney/Nkechi Mbanu (202) 225-3436 |
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| Payne Announces Grant from Head Start for the East Orange Child Development Corporation | |||
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Washington, D.C. – United States Congressman Donald M. Payne today announced that Head Start has awarded $2,380,660 to the East Orange Child Development Corporation in East Orange, NJ for its daycare services for handicapped children. Head Start, a program that assists children from low-income families, promotes school readiness through the enhancement of social and cognitive development and through the providing of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services. The program gives grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to offer comprehensive child development with a particular concentration on facilitating preschoolers develop early reading and math skills. "Early childhood development is critical to cognitive and social skills and academic achievement," Payne stated. "It is critical that we invest in our children’s future by supporting agencies that nurture their development." # # # |
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