US EditionEmail mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
- Cayuga County approved a resolution last week to seek a state audit of NYSEG and RG&E billing due to sudden rate spikes and inaccurate charges.
- The audit request follows numerous complaints about financial hardship from residents and businesses caused by possible billing errors and large utility bill increases last winter.
- Locally, Head Start serves about 300 children in Cayuga County but faces potential federal funding cuts amid a national proposal to eliminate the program serving over 800,000 children.
- Laurie Piccolo, Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Programs Executive Director, said losing Head Start means at-risk children would lose early learning, nutritious meals, and essential health screenings.
- Head Start advocates emphasize that cutting funding risks disrupting affordable child care and urge strengthening the program to improve outcomes rather than ending it altogether.
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The TrentonianBucks County Intermediate Unit says Head Start programs closing due to federal funding cuts
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) said in a recent press release that Head Start and Early Head Start programs are scheduled to close at the end of May because of federal funding cuts. The programs are funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has seen drastic cuts from the Trump administration’s attempts to revamp federal spending. “The Bucks IU’s program currently serves approximately 362 children and their …
Federal Government No Longer Participating In Safe to Sleep Campaign
Vilin Visuals/E+/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has made the elimination of so-called “waste” and “fraud” a point of pride in the early days of the president’s second term. In addition to the 130,000 federal employees fired or bought out since January, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports the administration has expressed a desire to more than double that number in months to come. The Department of Health and Human Services (H…
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs.
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