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From First Five Years Fund 1/14/2026 More than a million families rely on the federal child care program to afford…
From The Imprint 1/16/2026 In a rare and urgent appeal, a group of former Georgia child welfare leaders have called…
From the Associated Press 1/9/2026 A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block federal money for…
From PBS News 1/8/2026 Without federal subsidies, Breyanna Rodriguez’s child care bill for her four children would run $4,400 a…
From Democracy Now January 2, 2026 The Trump administration has frozen federal child care funding to all 50 states, plus…
From First Five Years Fund 12/16/2025 Even in a year marked by a government shutdown, political turbulence, and general unpredictability…
From New American 12/17/2025 As 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the first year of the…
From Straight Arrow News 12/12/2025 Head Start, an early-childhood network that pairs classroom learning with health and family support systems for infants…
From Wane15 12/10/2025 FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Lutheran Social Services of Indiana’s (LSSI) Children’s Village Early Learning Center…
From UnidosUS 12/10/2025 Summary: Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced and attempted to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Only Congress has the authority to disband federal agencies,…
From 51st News 11/26/2025 Even before the recently ended federal government shutdown, many D.C. families were already struggling. The financial…
From Valley News 11/23/2025 It has been months since New Hampshire passed its state budget, and the status of $15…
From K-12 Dive 11/20/2025 Dive Brief: More than 850 local, state and national organizations Thursday morning released a joint commitment…
From First Five Years Fund 11/18/2025 The federal government reopened on November 13, ending the longest federal shutdown in United…
From Northwest Asian Weekly 11/13/2025 Even a federal government shutdown could not stop philanthropies from supplementing major projects funded by…
From The 74 Million 11/15/225 “Nearly 9,000 children across 16 states and Puerto Rico remained locked out of Head Start…
From Prism 11/6/2025 When the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of Rhode Island in September over a program…
From Kids Can’t Wait Substack Children didn’t show up at the polls last week, but voters showed up for them…
From ABC6News 11/6/205 CHICAGO (AP) — An employee of a Chicago day care center and preschool was detained by immigration…
From WAMU 11/5/2025 D.C. lawmakers have seemingly managed to avert a budget catastrophe and fund new tax relief for families…