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.
Still locked out of federal funding, several Head Start preschools may need to close temporarily
Some Head Start preschools around the country could be at risk of closing temporarily 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.
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.
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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,
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,
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