US EditionWhitehall Head Start set to close due to federal funding changes
- The Whitehall Head Start program will close in June because of funding issues.
- Federal level changes created the funding challenges for the Whitehall program.
- Low enrollment, high operational costs, and no waitlist contributed to closure.
- Rocky Head Start director Pena-Larsen stated, changes impact programs nationwide.
- If approved, Whitehall's funding will move to Helena, impacting local families.
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21 Dept. of Health and Human Services divisions to be eliminated, like Head Start
A real doctor got a leaked copy of the Department of Health and Human Services reorganization plan. It also included budgeting. Here is the reorganization chart (PDF). It has a section that is headed with "ELIMINATED." It's really hard to read but I...
Whitehall Head Start set to close due to federal funding changes
Officials with a nonprofit based in Helena are informing parents in Whitehall that the local Head Start will shutter when funding dries up in June."Hard to imagine...I was just a little guy with long blond hair and pop-bottle glasses. I was physically, emotionally, and sexually abused as a child. My safe place was at Head Start," says Zach Zitnik, a father and foster parent of Whitehall Head Start children. Watch the full story: Whitehall Head S…
Gutting Head Start would end services to thousands of San Diego families, cut hundreds of jobs
President Donald Trump wants to cut all funding for Head Start, a move that would deprive thousands of San Diego County’s most vulnerable children and families of early education, child care and other wraparound services and could also eliminate hundreds of jobs in local Head Start programs. If Congress decides to implement Trump’s plan, described in a draft budget document obtained by national news outlets last week, it would end the roughly 5,…
Federal cuts force Head Start program with +400 kids, 70 jobs to close in Eastern WA - The Daily Chronicle
The Inspire Development Centers in Sunnyside is indefinitely closing its Head Start and Early Head Start programs at the end of business day because of loss of federal funding. The closure will …
‘There Goes My Son’s Help:’ Wave of Washington Head Starts Shut Down as Chaos Engulfs Federal Program - Early Learning Nation
Editor’s note: This story originally published on The 74 on April 18, 2025. After the story published, the Washington state nonprofit that operates the seven shuttered Head Start and 11 Early Head Start programs received the Notice of Award it had been waiting for, confirming its funding was coming. Inspire Development Centers has since been “moving quickly to recall all children and staff for a Monday morning start,” CEO Jorge Castillo said in …
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