Preschool closures follow delays in funding for Head Start as White House proposes program’s elimination
Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal money compared with this time last year, and a lag in funding this week has caused some preschool classrooms for low-income children to close. At the same time, the Trump regime has asked Congress to eliminate all future funding for Head Start, a move that would cut early education for more than half a million of the nation’s neediest children and child care for their families. The federal government has distributed $1.6 billion for Head Start from Jan through April, compared with $2.55 billion issued...
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