Head Start programs nationwide were forced to close at the start of November due to the government shutdown, which is now entering its second month.
Dozens of child care centers are missing federal grant payments, leaving parents of what the program calls “America’s most vulnerable young children” without care for kids up to 4 years old.
The payments to keep Head Start afloat were expected on Nov. 1, but those payments were missed due to the shutdown, which is now in its 34th day.
Around half a dozen of the 1,600 centers associated with the program didn’t receive the October grants, and 140 centers did not get their federal funding for November. …