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ACT NOW TO SAVE HEAD START!

Eliminating funding for Head Start would be catastrophic! To children. To families. To communities.

Act Now: Sign This Letter to President Trump to Save Head Start

If you’re a Head Start parent, caregiver, or former Head Start student or family member, your voice is needed now!

Join thousands of other parents/caregivers and alumni to sign the letter to the President and Congress to protect this life-changing program. Then share it widely!

Head Start is under serious threat.

According to an April 11, 2025 article in USA TODAY, the Trump Administration is considering a budget proposal that would completely eliminate funding for Head Start. These proposed cuts put nearly 800,000 children and families in more than 17,000 centers in every state at risk.

“Eliminating funding for Head Start would be catastrophic. It would end early learning, meals, vision, hearing, and developmental screenings, and dental care for nearly 800,000 of our nation’s most at-risk children. Over a million parents wouldn’t be able to go to work. Communities nationwide would lose a vital foundation of their child and family support systems.”

—Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director, National Head Start Association

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