Head Start closures leave hundreds without child care

Head Start closures leave hundreds without child care

Dereka Goudeau, head teacher and teacher apprentice at the Ralph Hawley Head Start Center at the YMCA of the East Bay, leads storytime for a preschool class in Emeryville on Dec. 9, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters Hundreds of Santa Cruz County families scrambling for child care arrangements are serving as a warning for what may come as the ongoing federal government shutdown puts more Head Start centers at risk for closure. As …