{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-announces-new-federal-grant-university-kansas-medical-center-head-start", "Davids Announces New Federal Grant for University of Kansas Medical Center Head Start Program", "2025-06-18", "2025", "2025-06", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the University of Kansas Medical Center\u2019s Project Eagle, a Head Start project, with a new federal grant. The $5.68 million will be used to continue providing early education opportunities and family support services to children and families in Wyandotte County.\n\n\u201cHead Start programs are one of the smartest investments we can make \u2014 for our kids, our families, and our local economy,\u201d said Davids. \u201cThey provide affordable early education and care that working parents can count on, help children build the skills they need to succeed, and create good-paying jobs for educators right here at home.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis grant will allow us to continue serving the extraordinary children and families of Wyandotte county through this grant,\u201d said Lisa London, Director, Project Eagle. \u201cWith this support we can continue serving 299 children and families in Wyandotte county.\u201d\n\nDavids is committed to lowering costs for Kansas families and improving access to quality child care. Last year, she voted with both parties to expand the Child Tax Credit, benefiting 136,000 children in Kansas. She also toured a local child care facility and visited multiple Head Start programs to highlight how federal investments have supported the workforce and daily operations of local child care small businesses and education centers.\n\nDavids also believes in putting money back in parents\u2019 pockets, allowing Kansas families to make their own child care decisions. She introduced the bipartisanAffordable Childcare Act, which would allow Kansas families to save on high child care expenses and live more affordably.\n\nBackground:\n\nProject Eagle is a Head Start program under the University of Kansas Medical Center. It has offered services in Wyandotte County for more than 35 years. Their programs focus on the health and well-being of pregnant women and young children and aim to prepare children, engage families, and promote excellence in the broader field of early childhood education.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "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://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-announces-new-federal-grant-university-kansas-medical-center-head-start"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.120246946811676, "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"}