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JOEL RYAN

Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures

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Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared with this time last year.

Mass layoffs rattle Head Start leaders already on edge over funding problems

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President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ran the Head Start early education program.