The Head Start Heist: Deregulation as a Recipe for Disaster The Trump administration's plan to overhaul Head Start, the federally funded preschool program for America's most vulnerable children, has sparked alarm across the Head Start community.
Officials claim the changes will give local decision makers more flexibility, but advocates warn that deregulation would undermine the heart of the program and threaten its effectiveness in addressing poverty.
Head Start centers serve around 700,000 needy children, including those who are homeless, in foster care, or disabled.