St. Paul Public Schools and Head Start Partnership win National Award
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CAPRW Head Start and its partner, Saint Paul Public Schools (Agape and Pre-K Program), have been awarded the National Head Start Association 2026 Sargent Shriver Excellence in Community Service Award! The award was presented to the SPPS Agape and Pre-K Program at the Head Start National Conference.
The Shriver Award celebrates partnerships that have made significant achievements through innovative community service to Head Start and Early Head Start. The nominee(s) for this award has excelled in addressing issues of poverty, early education, or community health.
The National Head Start Association is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that believes that every child, regardless of circumstances at birth, has the ability to succeed in life if given the opportunity that Head Start offers to children and their families. It is the voice for 800,000 children, 250,000 staff and 1,600 Head Start grantees in the United States.