MASS LAYOFFS COMPOUND PROBLEMS AT HEAD START

Is Head Start Worth Saving?

Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership—published in 2023 by the Heritage Foundation as a “playbook” for the next Republican presidential administration—included a recommendation to defund Head Start. So far, the Trump administration has not acted on this recommendation, but with other federal programs disappearing like snowflakes in spring, the time to evaluate the case for or against Head Start is now. An example from abroad illustrates what mig…

Shutdown of regional Head Start offices creates confusion

The Trump administration’s decision to close a regional Head Start office in Chicago has raised questions about how the program will continue.

Head Start Providers Shocked as Federal Office Serving Wisconsin Shuts Without Notice

This article was originally published in Wisconsin Examiner.Head Start child care providers in Wisconsin and five other Midwestern states were stunned Tuesday to learn that the federal agency’s Chicago regional office was closed and their administrators were placed on leave — throwing new uncertainty into the operation of the 60-year-old child care and early education program. “The Regional Office is a critical link to maintaining program servic…

Mass layoffs compound problems at Head Start

WASHINGTON — The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office.

MASS LAYOFFS COMPOUND PROBLEMS AT HEAD START

FEDERAL SPENDING

NYC’s regional Head Start office shuttered as part of Trump’s health cuts

NEW YORK — The federal Head Start outpost in New York City has been shuttered and staff laid off as part of the Trump administration’s recent health department cuts — worrying preschool leaders about the future of child care for…