US EditionHead Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures
- Head Start programs experienced funding delays, leading to classroom closures and staff layoffs.
- Reduced federal funding and administrative changes within HHS contributed to the disruptions.
- Inspire Development Centers in Washington closed classrooms, impacting over 400 children and laying off staff.
- Head Start received $1.6 billion between January and Tuesday, compared to $2.55 billion during the same period last year.
- The funding slowdown and office closures raised concerns about continued access to early childhood services for low-income families.
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Hundreds of children affected by sudden Head Start closures in Central Washington - Northwest Public Broadcasting
Arminda Caballero, manager of the center, looks around an empty classroom at the Inspire Development Center Sunnyside II in Sunnyside, Washington. (Credit: Johanna Bejarano / NWPB) Listen https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Final-Central-WA-Head-Start.wav(Runtime 1:27) Read Stacked chairs, empty classrooms and educational materials piled on shelves. That is the scene left at Inspir…
Jazlyn Villafane, a student at Springfield Technical Community College, is gaining practical experience in the Head Start program at Holyoke, Chicopee, Springfield (HCS), observing and working with children as part of her quest to obtain a certificate in early childhood education. As the first STCC student to attend the newly opened HCS Head Start campus, Villafane, 37, reinforces the strong collaboration between STCC and the federal early educa…
Child-focused nonprofits and programs feel impact of federal funding cuts
ExplorationWorks, Rocky Mountain Development Council's Head Start, and Montana Learning Center (MLC) are preparing to make changes after getting news of federal funding cuts or not knowing if that money will come in."The collateral damage of these decisions that are being made in Washington D.C. on the federal level are the children in our community," said Sara Feilzer, program director at ExplorationWorks. The Institute of Museum and Library Se…
Head Start funding lags by nearly $1B this year, causing some preschool closures
Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal money compared with this time last year — and a lag in funding this week has caused some preschool classrooms for low-income children to close. The federal government has distributed $1.6 billion for Head Start from Jan. 1 through Tuesday, compared with $2.55 billion issued during the same period last year, according to the office of Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., wh…
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