Changes are on the horizon for Evangeline Head Start

The Evangeline Head Start program is usually funded with a federal grant awarded to the Evangeline Community Action Agency (ECAA). Every five years, the ECAA applies for the $1.8 million grant to operate Head Start. Recently, ECAA was informed that Washington, D.C. went with the international organization Save the Children to receive the grant, meaning ECAA will no longer be the umbrella for Head…

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