CORTLAND — The Cortland County Community Action Program, Inc. (CAPCO) will use more than $2.5 million in federal funding to support educational programs for children from low-income families.
The federal investment will support CAPCO’s Early Head Start and Head Start programs, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) said in a Monday news release.
Head Start and Early Head Start programs provide child-development programs for children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and families.
“We want to engage our families while also preparing our children for school. We are grateful that this money is coming into the county and will use it to better the lives of children and families in Cortland County,” Brian Rozewski, director of Head Start and Early Head Start at CAPCO, said in the news release.
CAPCO has been serving children in Cortland County since 1974, according to its website.
Besides the early childhood programs, CAPCO provides low-income families with financial help for buying energy services as well as assistance through the federal Women, Infants and Children program, which provides food and counseling services, the website says.
CAPCO also provides services for Medicaid-eligible individuals and family-development programs.
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