US EditionWOCAP suspends Head Start programs as federal shutdown drags on
Nine Michigan Head Start programs serving nearly 3,000 children face possible closure if federal funds are not released by Nov. 1 amid ongoing government shutdown.
- On Nov. 1, nine Michigan Head Start grantees face losing federal funds that serve nearly 3,000 children, Robin Bozek, executive director of the Michigan Head Start Association, said.
- The shutdown that began Oct. 1 has furloughed HHS employees who disburse Head Start awards, delaying grant processing for Nov. 1 grantees.
- Smaller agencies like Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency serve 85 children and 30 families and will close if grants aren’t disbursed by Nov. 1, while Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency approved local funds to support 507 children and 103 staff beyond that date.
- Working families face immediate disruption as Head Start families risk losing affordable child care, and children enrolled in Head Start could lose meals and dental and health care connections.
- Advocates point to HHS restructuring earlier this year, closing five regional offices and delaying grants, while Tommy Sheridan warned children are becoming 'collateral damage' and urged Congress and the president to act.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end in sight. Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse that began Oct. 1, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico will not get their federal grant funding come Nov. 1, according to the National Head Start Association. The federal government spe…
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