Still locked out of federal funding, several Head Start preschools may need to close temporarily
Source: Associated Press
Still locked out of federal funding, several Head Start preschools may need to close temporarily
By MORIAH BALINGIT
Updated 6:35 PM EST, February 4, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start preschools serving thousands of children around the country could be at risk of closing because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President Donald Trump’s aborted effort to freeze federal grants.
Administrators around the country last week discovered they were locked out of a government website used to access grant funding for Head Start, an early education program that serves some of the nation’s neediest families and children. Medicaid administrators reported similar problems.
The website went back online for many operators. But a week later, 45 Head Start grant recipients across the country reported problems accessing their funding, said Tommy Sheridan of the National Head Start Association. Some were still waiting for invoices to be paid a week after submitting them — a process that normally takes four to five hours, he said.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/head-start-blackouts-trump-6e7655e56c0b451092411e7fdd1def2e
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Source: Democrats.org
Trump Carries Out ANOTHER Project 2025 Promise, Freezing Funding for Millions of Kids in Head Start
February 4, 2025
In response to Trump and his Project 2025 loyalists forcing Head Start locations to close down, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
“Trump said he didn’t know what Project 2025 was, but now he’s writing it into law. Among his first actions as president wasn’t to help families and kids, it was to rip funding away from toddlers in Head Start programs. If Trump and his billionaire education secretary follow through on their threat to defund the Department of Education, he and Republicans across the country will have millions of furious parents to answer to at the ballot box.”
NEW: Head Start locations across the country are being forced to close their doors after Donald Trump and his Project 2025 loyalists froze federal funding last week.
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Read more: https://democrats.org/news/trump-carries-out-another-project-2025-promise-freezing-funding-for-millions-of-kids-in-head-start/
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