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I was a low-income student who attended Head Start. I'm now an educator with a master's degree and owe all my success to the federal program.
Head Start, a federally funded program for low-income students, is shuttering some regional offices. The program was ...
Head Start cut would put Mississippi's new status as early education national leader at risk
During Friday's event, when asked how Head Start's elimination would affect Mississippi in particular, NIEER Senior Director ...
Head Start programs for young children face elimination. Strafford County sounds alarm.
"The budget as proposed completely eliminates funding for Head Start," said Betsey Andrews Parker, CEO of Strafford County's ...
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Pennsylvania Head Start joins national HHS lawsuit
The Pennsylvania Head Start Association has joined parent advocates and Head Start programs from Illinois, Wisconsin and ...
How would Head Start’s elimination impact Texas children and families?
Over 65,000 children in Texas could lose access to child care under a White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for ...
Trump budget to cut Head Start funding 'extraordinarily damaging' to Kansas
President Donald Trump's budget plan would eliminate federal funding for Head Start. The Kansas program would lose over $90 ...
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As federal dollars for Head Start slow, rural parents left without other options
In the rural Methow Valley in northeast Washington state, parents have few options for child care. There are only two licensed programs in the community — one of which is a Head Start center. About 40 ...
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Family Forum and other Head Start facilities nationwide might soon lose funding
Child care facilities are already struggling in Wisconsin with the loss of Child Care Counts funding. Now, federal funding is ...