NM's nonprofit landscape: Adapting to funding shifts

NM's nonprofit landscape: Adapting to funding shifts

New Mexico's nonprofit funding landscape is evolving, with organizations facing challenges from federal changes and seeking new collaborations to sustain their community impact.

As federal dollars for Head Start slow, rural parents left without other options - The Hechinger Report

In the rural Methow Valley in northeast Washington state, parents have few options for child care. There are only two licensed programs in the community — one of which is a Head Start center. About 40 miles northeast in the town of Okanogan, 30 percent of the town’s limited child care spots are provided by the local Head Start center.Nationwide, Head Start has long played an outsized role in the rural child care landscape, existing in 86 percent…

Congress must save Head Start

The U.S. Congress must reject President Donald Trump’s plans to make disastrous cuts to child care & eliminate Head Start.

Can we afford the cost of cutting Head Start? • Georgia Recorder

Guest commentator Jamie Lackey asks why the federal government would cut Head Start, a program that has shown to increase a child’s academic success all the way through college? Getty ImagesChildhood poverty doesn’t happen by accident – it is found at the intersection of poor public policy, generational poverty, and a lack of access to essential resources.  And while childhood poverty can’t be solved by one policy or organization alone it can be…

Oregon joins Washington, other states in lawsuit fighting Trump administration over Head Start cuts

Advocates argue the Trump administration’s recent actions targeting the preschool programs undermine ‘the very premise of Head Start.’

Parents consider quitting school and work if Head Start programs eliminated

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Washington State Head Start Association recently joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that delayed funding and staff cuts threaten the future of the vital childcare program.