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When did caring for America’s most vulnerable kids become political?

August 29, 2025

19th News Though it survived elimination, Head Start is under threat. Now that they have been directed to ban undocumented children, providers wonder if politics has changed the program forever. For 60 years, Head Start has provided child care for the most vulnerable children in the United States with little controversy.  It was established by a Democratic president, Lyndon B. Johnson, in 1965, and supported by a slew of Republicans since, including Richard Nixon, who called it “valuable”; Ronald Reagan, who established Head Start Awareness Month in the 1980s; and

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Collateral Damage: 10 Lives Upended by Trump’s War on Government

May 27, 2025

U.S. News Staff Thousands of miles from Washington, D.C., Americans are feeling the effects of President Donald Trump’s second-term assault on the federal government. In Albuquerque, New Mexico – about 1,650 miles from the nation’s capital – Kaiya Brown wept as she said goodbye to her professors, laid off in a wave of funding cuts. In Jenks, Oklahoma – over 1,100 miles from Washington and the White House – Patricia Gross watched her small grant-writing business lose all of its contracts seemingly overnight. And in Moscow, Idaho – 2,000 miles

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Proposed Elimination of Head Start in Federal Budget Raises Alarm Across Indiana and the Nation

April 14, 2025

Indianapolis, IN — On Friday, April 11, USA Today reported that President Trump’s upcoming budget will propose the full-scale elimination of the nearly 60-year-old, highly effective Head Start program.  Though the budget has not yet been released, the potential proposed elimination of Head Start would be catastrophic for working families, vulnerable young children, Head Start employees, and the Indiana economy. Head Start is Indiana’s 78th largest employer with close to 4,000 employees. For nearly six decades, Head Start has enjoyed bipartisan support as a cornerstone of early childhood education, providing

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Head Start office closures, HHS layoffs worry preschool leaders

April 2, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office. Trump’s administration announced it would freeze federal grants — the primary funding for the early education program that serves more than half a million low-income children. Then came glitches with the funding website that forced nearly two dozen Head Start centers to close temporarily. Even after the funding freeze was aborted — and the website was restored — those who run the programs remained on edge. On Tuesday, the administration gave them another reason to

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Geminus Head Start Annual Report

February 6, 2024

Each year, Geminus Head Start releases its annual report, encapsulating its achievements, challenges, and aspirations. Advertising agency and Community Partner V as in Victor (who are also responsible for IHSA’s new logo and website) designed this year’s report that transcends the ordinary. Designed to resemble the iconic Golden Books, it not only showcases the milestones of Geminus Head Start but also evokes nostalgia and charm, inviting readers and potential clients on a journey through the magic of early childhood education.

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Head Start Grad Flies High

November 6, 2023

Head Start grad Reece Katterhenry made the trip to the BMV for the rite of passage so many 16-year-olds look forward to; he was going to test for his driver’s license. Weighing a bit heavier on his mind, though, was the larger challenge coming Thursday evening when he planned on completing his first solo flight at the Huntingburg Airport. He was originally supposed to take off on his own Tuesday evening. But his flight instructor, Tony Rhodes, had to postpone the solo flight due to the weather. With the cancellation,

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