Community Action’s Head Start program awarded $1.18 million in funding

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Nutrition services will be updated at Community Action Partnership of Greater St. Joseph (CAPSTJOE), thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The $1.18 million in supplemental nutrition funding was made possible through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The grant was applied for back in July and received prior to the government shutdown. 

According to a press release from CAPSTJOE, the funding will allow its nutrition services to be updated with modernized kitchen equipment, a new demonstration kitchen space and small community gardens at Head Start centers.

"We'll be able to give families the opportunity to do cooking classes, canning classes. Anything that can help around nutrition be able to stretch their dollar." CAPSTJOE Community Relations Director Kayla Marmaud. "We're also hoping to create take-home community garden kits for Head Start children and their families. They would be able to take some home and then create those gardens at their house."

For more information on funding, visit the CAPSTJOE Facebook page.