Head Start and heating assistance targeted in Trump draft budget proposal
- A draft budget document shows the Trump administration proposes zero Head Start funding.
- This action aligns with goals to shift education control to states and parents.
- The Associated Press obtained the 64-page internal draft budget document.
- Through Tuesday, Head Start received $1.6 billion, down from $2.55 billion last year.
- Cutting funding would end early education for over half a million children.
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Trumps budget proposal would put Head Start programs in jeopardy according to AP sources - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News
ILLINOIS(KBSI) – Budget cuts continue under the Trump Administration that could lead to complete overhaul of a more than 60-year-old program. Under the newest proposal cuts could be seen to programs like Head Start, a program established in 1965 that provides services such as education, healthcare, meals, social support and more to children from birth to age 5. The Trump Administration is asking Congress to make budget cuts to the Department of …
Reed champions Head Start for leveling playing field for kids. Trump is threatening to end program.
A child in the Head Start program at the Cranston Child Development Center plays on an oversized xylophone on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)For 60 years, Head Start, a program designed to support the nation’s youngest and most economically challenged children, “has given children and parents a real opportunity,” U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said outside the Cranston Child Development Center Wednesday. But now a recently…
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