US EditionEmail mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
- Head Start, a six-decade-old early education program serving over half a million low-income preschoolers, faced potential funding elimination in 2025.
- A conservative Heritage Foundation blueprint called Project 2025 proposed cutting Head Start, but the Trump administration reportedly backed away from this plan after a leaked document caused concern.
- Despite the recent budget summary not mentioning Head Start, the administration is closing regional offices, laying off supporting staff, and delaying funds, which threatens preschool closures and program stability.
- Yasmina Vinci, who leads the National Head Start Association, acknowledged relief that the program remains funded but cautioned that substantial budget reductions could jeopardize vital health, education, and family support services for many households.
- Ongoing staffing shortages and rising costs, which began before the current administration, coupled with recent cuts, suggest continued challenges to Head Start’s ability to serve vulnerable children and families.
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Dismantling the Head Start Program will hurt rural families
By Claire Carlson The Daily Yonder The Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate the federally funded childcare program Head Start will disproportionately harm low-income rural families who could be left without childcare if the service is defunded. In early April 2025, a draft budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed the Administration’s plan to eliminate Head Start in favor of “returning education…
Email reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programs, with plans to terminate dozens of university grants studying improvements to Head Start and child care policy, according to a spreadsheet mistakenly made…
Head Start apparently spared by Trump
HEAD START: President Donald Trump's administration apparently has backed away from a proposal to eliminate funding for Head Start. The preschool program educates more than half a million children from low-income and homeless families. A White House budget summary released…
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