{"id":2506472,"date":"2025-11-04T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/several-head-start-preschools-close-as-funding-lapses\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:11:11","slug":"several-head-start-preschools-close-as-funding-lapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/several-head-start-preschools-close-as-funding-lapses\/","title":{"rendered":"Several Head Start preschools close as funding lapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseveral-head-start-preschools-close-as-funding-lapses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2506472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Several Head Start preschool programs across the United States have begun to close due to a lapse in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-pbs-defend-death-grip-on-funds-cite-lifesaving-services-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"NPR, PBS defend death grip on funds, cite \u2018lifesaving ...\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">federal funding amid<\/a> an extended government shutdown, now tied for the longest in history at 35 days.As of Monday, programs in 15 states and Puerto Rico are fully or partially closed, affecting educational, nutritional, and developmental services for thousands of children from low-income families. The National Head Start Association reports that 140 programs remain unfunded,impacting over 8,000 children under five. Some local organizations have provided emergency funding to keep certain programs operational, such as in Georgia and Florida.However, the NHSA warns that if the shutdown continues past the next funding deadline on November 30, thousands more children will lose access to these <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >critical early childhood services<\/a>. The closures highlight the broader consequences of political deadlock on vulnerable families and young learners.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Several Head Start preschools close as funding lapses<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2391935\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/HEAD-START\/\">Head Start<\/a> programs have begun to close around the country while the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a> extends into its second month.<\/p>\n<p>Programs across 15 states and Puerto Rico have either fully or partially closed as of Monday afternoon, jeopardizing educational, nutritional, and developmental services for thousands of children across the United States. Head Start programs provide educational resources for kids up to age five from low-income households.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3870806\/upenn-email-hacked-investigation-offensive-message\/\">UPenn&#8217;s email hacked? School investigating &#8216;highly offensive&#8217; message sent to masses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3871004\/wyoming-mom-defeats-school-district-free-speech-case\/\">Wyoming mom defeats school district in free speech case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3870002\/wisconsin-voters-against-higher-public-school-spending-poll\/\">Wisconsin voters against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-voters-against-higher-public-school-spending-poll\/\" title=\"Wisconsin voters against higher public school spending: Poll\">higher public school spending<\/a>: Poll<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As the shutdown ties the record-long length of 35 days Tuesday, 140 Head Start programs still have not received federal funds, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nhsa.org\/about-nhsa\/newsroom\/press-releases\/thousands-of-children-locked-out-of-head-start-classrooms-because-of-shutdown\/\">National Head Start Association<\/a>. While some programs have been boosted by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/head-start-closed-snap-government-shutdown-64504360d4d668d268b6eb314e6cb47a\">local funds<\/a>, over 8,000 children under the age of five are being impacted by the funding lapse as their preschools shut down along with the government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every day this shutdown continues, more families face the devastating uncertainty of lost child care, disrupted learning, and missed meals. Our youngest learners should never pay the price for political gridlock,&rdquo; Yasmina Vinci, the executive director of NHSA, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The East Coast Migrant Head Start Project is one of about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nhsa.app.box.com\/s\/9wlp8e6em4nzrycz4pjni21953ty3bx9\">20 projects<\/a> that have announced their temporary closure during the shutdown. The project provides services <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nhsa.app.box.com\/s\/9wlp8e6em4nzrycz4pjni21953ty3bx9\">across 10 states<\/a> and supports <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmhsp.org\/about-us\">43 individual Head Start centers<\/a> across the country. East Coast Migrant Head Start Project services have shuttered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>With the closure of Pulaski County, Arkansas&rsquo;s University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/headstart.uams.edu\/\">Head Start program<\/a>, every Head Start center in the Arkansas capital of Little Rock has been closed by the shutdown, according to the <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/head-start-closed-snap-government-shutdown-64504360d4d668d268b6eb314e6cb47a\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If not for the extraordinary dedication and creativity of Head Start staff and community leaders across the country, tens of thousands more children would already have lost access to their classrooms, their teachers, and the stability that Head Start provides,&rdquo; Vinci said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>If local communities had not banded together to support Head Start programs, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3864920\/upcoming-deadlines-government-shutdown-snap-funding-cuts\/\">Nov. 1 funding cliff<\/a> would have shut down the services for about 65,000 children nationwide, as the NHSA predicted. <\/p>\n<p>In Georgia, several non-profits banded together to provide <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/georgiaheadstart.org\/georgia-nonprofits-get-loan-to-keep-head-start-programs-afloat-amid-ongoing-shutdown-funding-issue\/\">$8 million<\/a> to keep Head Start programs alive during the funding hiatus in the Atlanta area.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we didn&rsquo;t receive this bridge loan, on Nov. 1, at the end of the day, we would have shut down all of our centers and furloughed staff,&rdquo; Lauren Koontz, the president of YMCA of Metro Atlanta, told <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/georgia-nonprofits-get-loan-to-keep-head-start-programs-afloat-amid-ongoing-shutdown-funding-issue\/\">CBS Atlanta<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In Florida, the state with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nhsa.org\/resource\/government-shutdown-impacts-head-start-blog-article\/\">most<\/a> children using Head Start services, the Children&rsquo;s Services Council of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cscleon.org\/community\/csc-leon-steps-in-to-support-local-head-start-centers-amid-pause-in-federal-funding\/\">Leon County<\/a> made <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2025\/10\/27\/leon-county-childrens-services-council-helps-fund-head-start-centers-amid-pause-federal-funding\/\">headlines<\/a> last week for allocating $300,000 to help keep the lights on in Head Start centers. The move helped over 300 children across the Tallahassee area.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3873499\/thune-eyes-longer-stopgap-funding-bill-shutdown-drags-on\/\">THUNE EYES LONGER STOPGAP FUNDING BILL AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NHSA warns that if the shutdown reaches the next funding cliff, Nov. 30th, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nhsa.org\/about-nhsa\/newsroom\/press-releases\/thousands-of-children-locked-out-of-head-start-classrooms-because-of-shutdown\/\">thousands<\/a> more children will lose access to Head Start programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families did not immediately respond to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s requests for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Head Start preschools close as funding lapses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2506473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25123032728574.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[66465,64363,59758,66464],"class_list":["post-2506472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-early-childhood-education","tag-funding-lapse","tag-head-start","tag-preschools"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25123032728574.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506476,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506472\/revisions\/2506476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}