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Lawmakers have until Saturday at midnight to make a deal and avoid a shutdown, which would immediately cease federal funds to Head Start programs.

Congress managed to stop a government shutdown with just hours to spare on Saturday, with the Senate giving final approval to a temporary spending bill sent over by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy with the help of Democratic votes.

Lawmakers have until Saturday at midnight to make a deal and avoid a shutdown, which would immediately cease federal funds to Head Start programs.

Head Start programs serving more than 10,000 disadvantaged children would immediately lose federal funding if the government shutdown isn't averted

As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools. This time around she is more prepared, with money in reserve to keep serving around 550 children at 14 Head Start sites operating in three different towns. “It’s like a gut punch to our system,” said Ferguson, who is the ...

ALBANY- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering new resources to the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council (CAC), Inc.’s Head Start Program to help families in Southwest Georgia access early childhood

ALBANY — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is delivering new resources to strengthen early childhood education across southwest Georgia.

On Monday, Sept. 25 at 5 p.m., the Yolo County School Boards Association will honor county recipients during its annual ‘Excellence in Education Awards.’

Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby led groundbreaking ceremonies Sept. 1 for a project to expand educational opportunities for youth and families in the community.