HEAD START
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga was joined Wednesday by the local Education Department (ASDOE) and ASG officials during the dedication ceremony of the new Early Childhood Education - Head Start (ECE/HS) building located on Lima Street at the ASG housing complex in Tafuna. The...
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a major grant of $1,590,738 for American Samoa’s Head Start program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The substantial grant from HHS is part of its emergency supplemental funding program for Head Start...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Early Childhood Education (ECE) Director, Milaneta P. Tinitali has strongly denied any wrongdoing in the ECE operation including the misuse of federal funding that operates the program.
Several ECE teachers told Samoa News last week that they’re seeking an attorney to...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed Senate passage of a package of appropriations bills, including Interior Appropriations, that contains her requests for the $718,000 increase for the American Samoa Government, and provides for an official report to Congress on the condition of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In July, 2015, Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced a substantial $2.3 million grant from the US Department of Education (USDOE) to the Territory of American Samoa. At the time, Aumua said, “It is crucial that we do all we can to prepare our young people for the future...