Nearly 65,000 kids could lose access to Head Start programs if the government shutdown continues

Head Start programs nationwide risk closure amid the government shutdown impacting nearly 65,000 children and over 22,000 ...

The federal shutdown’s biggest victims are kids. And it could get worse | Column

As the federal shutdown approaches 1 month, we can no longer hide the effects on children’s health. Suspending national funds ...
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Nearly 3,000 Michigan kids at risk of losing Head Start services due to federal shutdown

Nine Michigan Head Start programs — and the nearly 3,000 kids they serve across the state — that were expecting to receive ...
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Federal government can prevent crisis of child hunger | Opinion

As the federal government shutdown continues, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said it will not distribute ...

About 1 in 5 Kids Are at Risk of Losing SNAP. Centralized Control Keeps Failing Low-Income Families.

The best way to ensure healthy outcomes and protect children from the partisan crossfire of D.C. politicking is to break the ...
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Gov't shutdown puts Head Start for New Bedford kids in danger. Bus service will end first.

PACE Head Start programs in New Bedford could lose busing, and could close completely, if the federal government shutdown ...
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Hawai‘i providing state funding to fill gap for 160,000 adults, kids about to lose federal food assistance

With more than 160,000 people in Hawaiʻi expected to soon lose federal food assistance due to the ongoing federal government ...

Some Americans prepare for halt in SNAP benefits: 'I’m going to have hungry kids'

Some Americans who receive SNAP benefits said they might not be available to feed their families or pay for household ...

The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means in your community

The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the ...

Federal government shutdown on pace to be longest in U.S. history

WASHINGTON — The Senate will reconvene on Monday, but with the House still in recess this week, the monthlong federal ...

Gov. Evers announces federal government shutdown impacts services at two Wisconsin Head Start programs

Gov. Tony Evers announced on Thursday that two Wisconsin Head Start programs will cease services in November due to a lack of ...

Van Hollen after SNAP ruling: Trump administration ‘tried to use hungry kids as political pawns’

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and other Democrats slammed the Trump administration Friday after a judge ordered the federal government to release emergency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition ...