Head Start and heating assistance targeted in Trump draft budget proposal

Inspire Development Centers has been serving the communities of Central Washington for more than 40 years. (Credit: Johanna Bejarano / NWPB) Read Stacked chairs, empty classrooms, and educational materials piled on shelves. That's the scene left at Inspire Development Center Sunnyside II in Central Washington. "I come every morning to check that everything is okay. The children arrive and give me a hug. You'll feel their absence when they're …

Sorry They're Eliminating Your Toddlers' Head Start, Rural Trumpers (And Everyone Else's Too)

Photo by The Lucky Neko on UnsplashRemember that time Trump said he knew nothing about Project 2025, and then got elected and commenced trying to implement every single thing in it? Yeah. Well, the Washington Post has gotten hold of a 64-page budget draft for the Department of Health and Human Services, and on top of the 20,000 jobs that the administration/DOGE has already (illegally, unconstitutionally) disappeared from HHS — including people w…

Trump's FY26 budget plan would cut all utilities assistance for 6 million households.

About 6 million households could lose utilities assistance if HHS' budget proposal is passed, experts warn. HHS has allocated zero dollars to LIHEAP.

White House budget plan would reportedly scrap all funding for Head Start

If Donald Trump and his team have their way, Head Start might lose literally all of its federal funding.

Trump administration eyes elimination of program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes

The Trump administration is considering support for the end of a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. A draft budget request document reviewed by The Hill calls for the elimination of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by not providing it any funding at all. The federal budget is…

Trump's Next Budget Cuts Take Aim At Head Start

A leaked draft of the Trump administration's budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human services shows they want to slash overall spending by a third, and completely eliminate [...]