Judge restores $7.3M for Navajo Nation's Head Start program
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A federal court has restored $7.3 million to the Navajo Nation for its Head Start program.
The ruling March 27 came in a lawsuit the tribe filed alleging it was denied an opportunity to appeal a cut in federal grant funding.
The tribe has received about $23 million annually in recent years for its Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
But the U.S. Health and Human Services Department cut the amount to under $16 million because of chronic under-enrollment.
U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled March 27 that the agency cannot reduce funding without giving the tribe a chance to appeal and a full hearing. She restored the funding that had been cut.
Messages left late March 27 with the Health and Human Services Department were not immediately returned.
- Navajo CARES Act funding to continue through 2021
- Hardship assistance update: Text messaging campaign launched because of call volume to support center
- Hardship Assistance payments set to begin Jan. 18
- Biden-Harris administration appoints Navajo people to Washington positions
- Navajo Nation police: Suspect fatally shot during struggle
- New jail project in Prescott moves to next phase
- Navajo football player Brandon Shirley signs with Gila River Hawks
- 25% of Navajo applicants at risk of not receiving Cares Act funds
- More than 200,000 checks for Hardship Assistance Program mailed
- Hopi remains in a State of Emergency, lockdown; Nation under curfew
- Hardship Assistance payments set to begin Jan. 18
- Navajo CARES Act funding to continue through 2021
- Hardship assistance update: Text messaging campaign launched because of call volume to support center
- Hardship Assistance Program checks mailed out, 370 duplicate checks sent in error and will be voided
- 25% of Navajo applicants at risk of not receiving Cares Act funds
- New jail project in Prescott moves to next phase
- Why ‘Come and Get Your Love’ now? After 46 years ‘the time has come’
- Former Tuba City Warriors basketball star leads FEMA team helping on Nation with pandemic
- “Invalid login” issues cause delays for CARES Act applicants
- Navajo calendar rooted in tradition & necessities
SUBMIT FEEDBACK
Click Below to: