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Families on pause
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Layered insecurity
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A fragile system
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More than a temporary closure
Across the United States, thousands of children from low-income households have been shut out of early education as the ongoing government shutdown halts funding for Head Start, the federal preschool programme established nearly sixty years ago as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty.Dozens of centres that were due to receive federal grant payments on 1 November, 2025, have closed indefinitely. Others are staying open through temporary aid from local governments, school districts and philanthropies, but many warn their resources are rapidly
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