US EditionHHS Seattle office closes, Head Start staff placed on leave
- Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Directed the closure of the Head Start Region 10 office in Seattle on April 1.
- President Trump's executive order regarding government efficiency prompted HHS to undertake a dramatic restructuring.
- Region 10 served Idaho, Alaska, Washington, and Oregon; it was one of five regional offices to close.
- Megan Woller stated that the regional offices comprise only 1% of the federal Head Start budget.
- Closure of Region 10 and related staff actions leave Head Start programs without guidance and create program inefficiencies.
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Health & Human Services regional office covering Idaho to close, impacting Head Start
The Head Start program — best known for providing preschool education to children from low-income families, as well as facilitating health and nutrition services and promoting parental involvement — experienced the closure of five Health and Human Services (HHS) regional…
Kennedy orders closure of Head Start office for Pacific Northwest, impacting Idaho
SEATTLE (KIVI) — On April 1, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ordered the closure of the Head Start office for Region 10 in Seattle, which covers Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Although it doesn’t reference the office closure directly, HHS issued a press release on March 27 titled “HHS Announces Transformation to Make America Healthy Again” that references “dramatic restructuring” to coincide with …
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