{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://clyburn.house.gov/press-release/congressman-clyburn-announces-millions-south-carolina-first-steps-school-readiness", "Congressman Clyburn Announces Millions for South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Programs", "2015-02-03", "2015", "2015-02", "Democrat", "House", "SC", "James Clyburn", "C000537", "clyburn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "(Columbia, SC) \u2013 South Carolina Congressman James E. Clyburn announced today that South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness will be receiving over $3 million to help fund their Early Head Start program, while Charleston First Steps will be receiving over $1 million to help fund their local Early Head State program.\u00a0 These grants are being awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services.\nAs an early childhood education initiative, First Steps to School Readiness, has helped hundreds of thousands of young children prepare for school through programs that provide early intervention, strength families, improve children\u2019s health and well-being, increase the quality of early care and education, and help transition kindergartners into school.\u00a0 In addition to South Carolina\u2019s First Steps organization, each county is represented by a local First Steps Partnership.\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to see the Department of Health and Human Services making an investment in our state\u2019s First Step organizations,\u201d Congressman Clyburn said.\u00a0 \u201cInvesting in early childhood education can offer outstanding opportunities for our children and I hope these grants will continue to allow First Steps to promote, develop and improve such opportunities throughout South Carolina.\u201d", 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": ["http://clyburn.house.gov/press-release/congressman-clyburn-announces-millions-south-carolina-first-steps-school-readiness"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8857110515236855, "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"}