Michigan Head Start, health programs scramble amid immigration crackdown

Michigan Head Start, health programs scramble amid immigration crackdown - BridgeDetroit

This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here. The Trump administration reinterpreted a nearly 30-year-old welfare law to bar many legal and undocumented immigrants from federally backed health centers, Head Start and mental health programs Michigan health providers worry the policy will limit…

Kicking kids off Head Start to punish parents is cruel, short-sighted

As President Donald Trump’s deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development and director of the Office of Head Start during his first term, I have seen firsthand the positive impact of his leadership. His dedication to streamlining government resulted in changes to the Head Start system that supported its programs’ commitment to continued quality improvement. As well, his response during COVID-19 kept Head Start programs operating and…

Michigan Head Start, health programs scramble amid immigration crackdown

Some immigrants are barred from using federally backed social programs like health centers and Head Start following the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of a decades-old rule.