The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Head Start Program in Oklahoma was awarded a one-time Health and Safety grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families in August. The grant was used to purchase three new 29-passenger buses, reported the Muskogee Phoenix.
The buses will be used at the Eufaula, Okemah and Tulsa centers.
Eufaula Center Lead Teacher Kay Romero said the center has had the same buses for the six years she has worked at the center. She also said the new bus will be able to help the low-income families they serve in different ways.
Two additional buses were purchased with an appropriation from the MCN National Council earlier in the year for the Checotah and Okmulgee centers.
The MCN Head Start Program is a multi-site program with a funded enrollment of 289 children and families and is organized under the MCN Department of Education & Training.
