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Kennedy Guarantees Continued Funding for Head Start in Congress

    Kennedy assures Congress funding for Head Start will not be cut
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    WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assured Congress that the Trump administration would maintain funding levels for Head Start, despite recent agency layoffs and a halt on funds that fueled concerns about potential major cutbacks to the longstanding program.

    Speaking before a Senate subcommittee, Kennedy emphasized that the administration plans to focus on promoting healthy eating in Head Start, while continuing to efficiently serve its 750,000 children and parents.

    Head Start, an early education initiative aimed at children from low-income and homeless families nationwide, is currently facing staffing challenges, with many of its centers continually struggling with financial instability.

    While the program has been spared from elimination, Kennedy has laid off a significant number of employees who helped the program operate and shuttered half its regional offices. Providers have experienced repeated funding delays since President Donald Trump took office, forcing some to briefly close.

    In a tense exchange, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, pressed Kennedy on why the federal government delayed sending funding to a Head Start operation outside Milwaukee, forcing it to close.

    “What would you say to a parent who shows up for … Head Start and the doors are closed?” she asked him.

    “I would be very sad,” Kennedy said. “I fought very hard to make sure Head Start gets all of its funding next year.”

    Asked what was causing the delays, Kennedy said he did not know, but suggested the problem came from employees “who wanted to make the Trump administration look bad.”

    Backers of Head Start had been fretting after a leaked Trump administration proposal suggested defunding it, but earlier this month a senior White House official told reporters there would be no changes to the program.

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