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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Moriah Balingit

After layoffs and funding problems, Head Start leaders fear what comes next

Health Department Head Start Education - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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

Trump's administration announced it would freeze federal grants — the primary funding for the early education program that serves more than half a million low-income children. Then came glitches with the funding website that forced nearly two dozen Head Start centers to close temporarily.

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