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Is Head Start in danger?
President Lyndon Johnson launched “Project Head Start,” a summer program intended to help children from low-income families prepare for school. Sixty years later, Head Start has expanded into a ...
Local Head Start employees locked out, let go due to federal program cuts
This week, six federal Head Start workers in Seattle were told they were on administrative leave until June, after being ...
WA Head Start staff locked out and let go due to Trump cuts
The Seattle Office of Head Start has been closed and all employees there have been placed on leave and notified they’ll be terminated, part of a massive wave of layoffs at the U.S. Department of ...
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Closure of regional Head Start office leaves programs across INW in limbo
Head Start programs across the Northwest are grappling with uncertainty following the abrupt closure of the regional office ...
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Mass layoffs rattle Head Start leaders already on edge over funding problems
The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office. Trump's administration announced it would ...
After layoffs and funding problems, Head Start leaders fear what comes next
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ...