Congressman Dan Goldman Celebrates $1.4 Million Head Start Grant Award to Hamilton-Madison House
Award Follows Goldman’s Advocacy to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Support of Hamilton-Madison House's Application
Grant Award Would Fund Hamilton-Madison's Head Start Program, Serving Chinatown, Lower East Side, and the East Village
Read the Congressman’s Letter of Support Here
New York, NY – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) celebrated the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) award of a $1,422,576 Head Start and Early Head Start grant to Hamilton-Madison House following a letter in support of the application to HHS the Congressman sent in January of this year.
Hamilton-Madison House provides comprehensive services to Manhattan’s Chinatown, Lower East Side, and East Village communities, including health and social care for older adults, early childhood education, and immigrant support programs.
“Hamilton-Madison House has been a leader in community-oriented services in Chinatown and the Lower East Side for 125 years,” Congressman Dan Goldman said. “With our city facing a shortage of quality child care and early childhood education, I am proud to have helped secure critical federal funding that will enable more families to benefit from Hamilton Madison House’s early childhood education and care programs. I will continue to support community institutions which have proven positive impacts on our children and families.”
Head Start and Early Head Start programs are free, federally funded programs designed to promote school readiness for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers from low-income backgrounds. Early Head Start programs support pregnant women and families with children younger than age three, and Head Start programs serve children between three and five years old.
Decades of research shows that participation in Head Start has both short- and long-term positive effects for children and families. Children who attend Head Start demonstrate marked academic and social progress and are more likely to enter kindergarten ready to learn.
Congressman Goldman has worked tirelessly to deliver federal funding for critical community service organizations in NY-10.
This month, Congressman Goldman announced a $3.2 million Head Start Grant forGrand Street Settlement’s program, which serves 840 low- and middle-income children, providing them and their families with programming and resources to support early childhood development.
In May, Goldman presented a $1.7 million Community Project Funding Grant Award forthe Hamilton-Madison House to renovate and re-open their Childcare and Family Support Center at NYCHA Smith Houses, which has been closed due to the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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