US EditionHead Start and heating assistance targeted in Trump draft budget proposal
- The Trump administration proposes eliminating funding for Head Start in a draft 2026 fiscal year budget document.
- This proposal aligns with administration goals to return education control to states.
- Head Start is a six-decade-old program operating in all 50 states.
- The National Head Start Association executive director called it "a divestment in our future."
- Eliminating funding would impact over half a million children, though the proposal remains preliminary.
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Trump's 2026 budget proposal plans billions in cuts, New York Times reports
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration aims to cut billions of dollars from programs that support child care, health research, education and housing in its fiscal 2026 budget proposal, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Trump Is Waging War on the Poor
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Noam Sandweiss-Back The current crisis builds on decades of neoliberal plunder and economic austerity authored by both conservative and liberal politicians. The post Trump Is Waging War on the Poor appeared first on The Nation.
Trump’s War on Children: DOGE Guts Head Start, Child Abuse Programs, Healthcare & More
Cuts by the Trump administration are putting children at risk, according to a new report by ProPublica. The administration has cut funds and manpower for child abuse investigations, enforcement of child support payments, child care and more. On top of that, Head Start preschools, which offer free child care to low-income parents, are being severely gutted. Democracy Now! speaks with ProPublica reporter Eli Hager on his investigation into Trump’s
Trumps budget proposal would put Head Start programs in jeopardy according to AP sources - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News
ILLINOIS(KBSI) – Budget cuts continue under the Trump Administration that could lead to complete overhaul of a more than 60-year-old program. Under the newest proposal cuts could be seen to programs like Head Start, a program established in 1965 that provides services such as education, healthcare, meals, social support and more to children from birth to age 5. The Trump Administration is asking Congress to make budget cuts to the Department of …
Reed champions Head Start for leveling playing field for kids. Trump is threatening to end program.
A child in the Head Start program at the Cranston Child Development Center plays on an oversized xylophone on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)For 60 years, Head Start, a program designed to support the nation’s youngest and most economically challenged children, “has given children and parents a real opportunity,” U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said outside the Cranston Child Development Center Wednesday. But now a recently…
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