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#HeadStart

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Kim Perales

“Rs have tried for years to cut$$ for these programs, have generally been unsuccessful. Head Start childcare funds are popular -may be a backdoor way of defunding: just fire all the people who process grant apps & cut the checks. At the very least, slows down$ getting out the door. PJ25 explicitly called for eliminating Head Start.”
-C Rampell

Defunding programs for young children, is an ongoing Republican battle, that primarily targets working women.

A tweet by Catherine Rampell reporting on the termination of approximately 68 employees from the HHS's Administration for Children & Families early childhood offices. The tweet highlights staffing losses in the Office of Head Start and the Office of Child Care…
#USPol#Childcare#HeadStart
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Susanne

I've been having a lot of talks about how things are going right now, and everyone says I have to be hopeful. But...why do I have to be hopeful? Why can't my fellow Americans (you know which ones) show EMPATHY?

I learned about kindness and sharing in pre-k (thanks #Headstart) and remember it 20+ years later. What happened to the rest of them?

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Bruce Mirken

"Last week, #Trump pulled back the across-the-board 'freeze' on all federal grants and loans, but despite the alleged 'unfreezing,' reports are streaming in from various states that money for #HeadStart has disappeared, forcing some centers to close or lay off staff. This is likely the doing of #Musk, who has been interfering with the #Treasury Department systems that disperse funds." salon.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk

Salon.com · Elon Musk's war on Head Start is misogynistic
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"But the driving animus the right has long harbored against #HeadStart was never focused on #children, who benefit tremendously... increased likelihood to attend college and... improved self-esteem and self-discipline. No, the program has long been targeted by conservatives because it makes it easier for young mothers to have jobs or go to school, helping #women secure economic independence."
- @AmandaMarcotte

salon.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk

Text from article: Last week, Trump pulled back the across-the-board "freeze" on all federal grants and loans, but despite the alleged "unfreezing," reports are streaming in from various states that money for Head Start has disappeared, forcing some centers to close or lay off staff. This is likely the doing of Musk, who has been interfering with the Treasury Department systems that disperse funds, and bragging on X that he has dictator-like powers to unilaterally destroy programs he doesn't like. The targeting of Head Start, a program that provides early childhood education and support for over 800,000 children, isn't a surprise to those who combed through the Project 2025 handbook. This blueprint for a second Trump term explicitly calls for the elimination of Head Start, hiding behind false claims that the program is somehow bad for children. But the driving animus the right has long harbored against Head Start was never focused on children, who benefit tremendously in both long-term measures like increased likelihood to attend college and short-term measures like improved self-esteem and self-discipline. No, the program has long been targeted by conservatives because it makes it easier for young mothers to have jobs or go to school, helping women secure economic independence.
#ElonMusk#Coup#Misogyny
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Jason Beets

The spending freeze temporarily prevented state Medicaid agencies, Heart Start early education programs, and community health centers from accessing the Payment Management Services web portal run by the Department of Health and Human Services.

cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-head

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www.cbsnews.comMedicaid, Head Start, health centers say they're locked out of federal funding websiteThe online system for federal health funding now warns of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze.
#Trump#Chaos#Republicans
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Jonathan Kamens

Today's #Congress outreach:
I was so busy today I couldn't make phone calls before offices closed. I did write a letter to #Warren, #Markey, and #Pressley demanding that they do something about #HeadStart programs being denied access to funds. Maybe you'd like to join me in asking your electeds to act on this? If so, you can use my petition:
resist.bot/petitions/PKGLRW
Until we beat back the #coup, you, too, should be calling and writing your electeds in Congress daily!
#politics #USPol #MAPoli

A shareable card that reads "tell the U.S. Congress: Head Start needs help from Congress, urgently" followed by "text sign PKGLRW to 50409"
ResistbotHead Start needs help from Congress, urgentlyText SIGN PKGLRW to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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PrivacyDigest

#DDoSed by Policy: Website #Takedowns and Keeping Information Alive

As of February 2nd, thousands of web pages and datasets have been removed from the U.S. government agencies following a series of executive orders. The impacts span the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, all the way to programs like #HeadStart.
#cdc #va #eo #executiveorder

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/ddos

Electronic Frontier Foundation · DDoSed by Policy: Website Takedowns and Keeping Information AliveWho needs a DDoS (Denial of Service) attack when you have a new president? As of February 2nd, thousands of web pages and datasets have been removed from the U.S. government agencies following a series of executive orders. The impacts span the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Center of Disease...
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Kim Perales

Funding is shut off for some #HeadStart programs in WA/WI..

J Ryan with WA Head Start: "Programs aren't getting the$ -feels like a rolling blackout". A lot of programs are getting error mess.," when trying to access their funding/accts.

"Unclear if fed funds are frozen bc of a pol order from the admin, or bc Musk's 19-yr old toadies have completely borked the payment systems🚨CRISIS."
-W Stancil

Trump-Musk: harming kids, adults... some will die: around the world.
#USPol wpr.org/news/half-wisconsin-he

WPR · Half of Wisconsin Head Start programs can’t access needed funds after federal freezeOne Head Start center in Waukesha closed last week, leaving more than 250 families without child care. Director Tim Nolan said the funding freeze hasn't just had ripple effects — it's been a "tsunami."
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Georgiann Baldino

"accessing the #Treasury’s payment system could be a path to freezing government funding...#Musk could halt payments to programs like #Medicaid, #MealsonWheels, #HeadStart and more, maneuvering around the courts. Musk has already directed his engineers to find ways to turn off the flow of money to programs he and President Donald #Trump oppose. With the keys to the Treasury’s payment system, he can unilaterally cut off these funds...at the source." MSNBC msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio
#USPolitics

MSNBC · Why Elon Musk likely wants control of Treasury’s payment systemsBy Lindsay Owens
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Will low-income families be able to keep the heat on? Will seniors have access to another meal on wheels? Will Medicaid continue? Will low-income children get breakfasts or lunches at school? Will children be able to go to Head Start?"

~ Amy Goodman

#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #MealsonWheels #DHHS #LIHEAP #SchoolLunchProgram #HeadStart #LowIncomeFamilies
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democracynow.org/2025/1/29/tru

Democracy Now! · “Complete Chaos”: Medicaid, Meals on Wheels & More on Chopping Block as Trump Freezes TrillionsBy Democracy Now!
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