Head Start avoids Trump’s cuts, but advocates are ready to defend it: ‘There’s too much good in this’
At its most basic level, Head Start provides free childcare – but it also creates jobs and can even have generational benefits
Tanya Stanton felt a sense of relief when she heard last week that the Trump administration seems to have reversed course on eliminating the Head Start early education program. She directs early learning programs at You Thrive, a Florida nonprofit that provides Head Start services to approximately 1,100 children in the central part of the state.