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RFK’s new Head Start policy shows the U.S is losing its moral conscience
The Department of Health and Human Services announced in a press release Thursday that the agency will restrict undocumented ...
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Head Start program changing trajectory of children's lives. Why is funding it so hard?
The program was targeted by Project 2025 as having "little or no academic value." That couldn't be further from the truth ...
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Georgia celebrates 60th birthday of Head Start amid funding fears
Head Start, a federal early childhood education program, celebrated its 60th birthday Monday — and the YMCA of Metro Atlanta threw it a party. The YMCA, which is Georgia’s largest provider of ...
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I’m a Head Start success story. Trump's cuts might keep ... - MSNBC
For a Black girl born in 1967 in small-town Mississippi, Head Start wasn’t just an educational program — it was the nurturing environment that was crucial to my future success.
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Jennifer Garner Fights For Head Start Program Funding - TODAY
When an early draft of President Trump's budget proposal threatened to defund the Head Start program, advocates like Jennifer Garner leapt into action.
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Head Start gets a reprieve from Trump budget cuts, but the fight isn ...
After President Donald Trump’s early budget eliminated the Head Start program, advocates led a nationwide lobbying effort to save it.
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Head Start advocates brace for possibility of Trump eliminating ... - NPR
The Trump administration is considering eliminating funding for the Head Start program, which is dedicated to free early child care services — a move that one advocate says would be ...