Recent reports indicate that the Trump Administration plans to make good on Project 2025’s promise to eliminate the Head Start program, which provides comprehensive early learning and development, health and well-being, and family engagement and support services to low-income children ages zero to 5.
Head Start currently serves over 775,000 children and their families — including children with disabilities, those in foster care, and children experiencing homelessness — and has served more than 40 million children and families throughout its history.
This misguided plan would eliminate high-quality, affordable child care slots at the very time there is a crisis in care across our country. The move would harm children, their families, early childhood professionals, and our national economy.
Tell Congress to oppose this and other efforts to hollow out support for children. Because when we undermine our children, we undermine the nation itself.