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HUMAN SERVICES GETS $7.75 MILLION GRANT

Nov. 13, 2002 – The federal Department of Health and Human Services has granted $7,753,463 to the V.I. Department of Human Services for the full year Head Start and Training Program, according to a release from Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christensen.
The additional grant is supplemental to the $1,093,000 given to Human Services in September. The money goes toward salaries and normal operating costs needed to run the program that assists 1,113 children in the territory.
For more information, contact the local Human Services Department.

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