{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cartwright.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/luzerne-county-head-start-gets-funding-grant", "Luzerne County Head Start Gets Funding Grant", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Matt Cartwright", "C001090", "cartwright.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Luzerne County Head Start received a $4.69 million federal funding grant this week, according to U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic.\nThe grant, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will provide 50% of the funding for the agency's annual operations, according to Lindsey Fredericks, a Head Start community advocate.\nThe agency provides assistance to hundreds of children from birth to age 3 as part of its Early Head Start program, as well as hundreds of children of preschool age, from 3 to 5, in the Head Start program, Fredericks said.\nHead Start is a federally funded program created in 1965. It provides early childhood education and services to low-income children and families. Eligibility is based mostly on income.\nThe grant will allow the agency to provide high-quality, comprehensive, early childhood education for children in Luzerne and Wyoming counties, according to a news release issued by Cartwright's office.\nLuzerne County Head Start operates more than a dozen centers in Luzerne and Wyoming counties.\nMore information is available on the agency's website: lcheadstart.org.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://cartwright.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/luzerne-county-head-start-gets-funding-grant"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4743399806320667, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}