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Chattanooga awarded $2.1 million to expand Early Head Start

Josiah Sledge, 3, works on a puzzle while at the Early Head Start facility in East Chattanooga on March 31, 2014. Head Start is a program that aids in early childhood development for low-income families.
Josiah Sledge, 3, works on a puzzle while at the Early Head Start facility in East Chattanooga on March 31, 2014. Head Start is a program that aids in early childhood development for low-income families. Josiah Sledge, 3, works on a puzzle while at the Early Head Start facility in East Chattanooga on March 31, 2014. Head Start is a program that aids in early childhood development for low-income families.

By Louie Brogdon 1 min read

photo Josiah Sledge, 3, works on a puzzle while at the Early Head Start facility in East Chattanooga on March 31, 2014. Head Start is a program that aids in early childhood development for low-income families.

Chattanooga was awarded $2.1 million in federal grant money to help expand Early Head Start in the city.

During a White House summit on early childhood education Wednesday, President Barrack Obama announced that Chattanooga would get the money as a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The funds will serve 150 at-risk Chattanooga children who are younger than three years old. Chattanooga received the largest portion of the grant funds in the state of Tennessee.