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What is Head Start? Federal budget proposal could cut low-income preschool program

Head Start program directors and families are deeply concerned over a Trump administration proposal to cut its funding completely. The proposed change would impact more than 20,000 children and ...
MinnPost

The shutdown threatened to close dozens of Head Start centers. Then the state stepped in.

WASHINGTON – The federal shutdown threatened the operation of 30 Head Start centers run by West Central Community Action, a non-profit headquartered in Elbow Lake. West Central and three other ...
The Gazette

Head Start program for children loses federal funding in shutdown

A long-running program that serves more than 800 children in El Paso County has been operating on emergency reserves for the past week while the federal government shutdown prevents funding. Community ...
Daily Inter Lake

Giving kids a Head Start: Program that supports learning and development faces challenges in its 60th year

Preschool children in teacher Maria Sardina's class play on the playground at Northwest Montana Head Start in Kalispell on Tuesday, Oct. 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Head Start has a historic ...
Pensacola News Journal

Head Start funding tied up by shutdown. It must serve hundreds of kids with or without it

Head Start program will continue to serve working class families after Dec. 1, despite the status of a $7.6 million federal grant being unknown Program serves 469 children in Escambia County. Another ...