'A profound effect': MARC warns it may be forced to close 17 Head Start locations if government shutdown continues

"We face the possibility of having to temporarily close facilities unless the situation is resolved quickly," officials with ...

‘Cruel to families’: 2300 vulnerable Kansas City children and families at risk amid government shutdown

Among Kansas City’s Head Start parents, 1,351 are employed, 169 are in training programs, and 168 are enrolled in school.

KC-area child care sites will close if federal shutdown continues, leaders warn

Seventeen Head Start sites, which provide services to young children across the metro, are set to close Nov. 1.

Government shutdown leaves 17 Head Start locations at risk of closing in Kansas City

More than a dozen Head Start sites across the Kansas City metro are at risk of closing next month due to the government ...