The Trump Administration vs. Head Start
In the face of staff cuts, funding freezes, and threats to zero out its budget – Head Start has survived… for now.
This program serves almost 800,000 kids throughout the country –15,000 in Washington State alone. Many of these children are low-income, disabled or in foster care.
A Trump Administration budget proposal leaked in April put all Head Start funding on the chopping block. Providers in multiple states, including Washington, filed a lawsuit last week, aiming to halt the elimination of the program and actions, they say, further undermine it.
But on Friday there was a…
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