Several Head Start preschools may close

Some Head Start childcare centers say they can't get federal funds. They're paying staff out of pocket and worried about closing: 'Folks are scared.'
Childcare center employees told BI that they're locked out of their federal grants, leaving them unable to pay staff and other bills.
Several Head Start preschools may close after Trump’s team locked federal funding
The problem that first surfaced last week during President Donald Trump’s aborted effort to freeze federal grants.
Some Head Start programs still can’t access federal funds a week after Trump freeze memo rescinded
Over 50 Head Start programs around the country still can’t draw down federal funds, more than a week after the Trump administration officially rescinded the freeze on federal grants.
How Trump's funding freeze affected AZ families, community partners who rely on Head Start
When the Trump administration issued an order freezing federal funding last week, many organizations who rely on that funding, including the Arizona Head Start Association, were stunned.
How the federal funding freeze is impacting community health and Head Start programs
A broad federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration last week, and blocked by a pair of judges, is destabilizing a wide range of programs despite the court interventions. Some Community Health and Head Start programs have sporadically been blocked from funding,
Sen. Schumer warns Head Start programs may 'shutter' due to federal funding freeze
But on Wednesday, Senator Schumer called on the United States Department of Health & Human Services to fix the payment system so that the Head Start programs can continue their work. According to Schumer, the freeze may "shutter" Head Start programs or force them to lay off staff.
Head Start and other programs still report disruptions after spending freeze supposedly thawed
A week after a federal spending freeze was halted, some early childhood education programs in West Virginia are still having trouble drawing down money.
Head Start programs can’t access funds
The National Head Start Association says roughly 40 of its programs across 20 states have not regained access to their federal funding.
Wisconsin head start programs face funding delays, impacting 2,500 children statewide
Four head-start childcare programs in the state have reportedly gone two weeks without receiving federal funding.
Head Start childcare programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump's funding freeze
Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding, putting some programs at risk of having to close their doors in the coming days,
Several Wisconsin Head Start programs still struggling to stay open after Trump's federal freeze
Wisconsin Head Start programs are still struggling to recover from the federal freeze on grants and loans ordered by ...
Head Start Providers Missing Money Despite Court Order Blocking Funding Freeze
The Justice Department has said that it told federal agencies to comply with a court's restraining order against the freeze.
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Head Start funding holds persist for some programs in Wisconsin
At least five Wisconsin Head Start child care programs for low-income families have reported that they’re still unable to ...
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Lane County Head Start unlocks funds, but three Oregon counties still in financial limbo
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