Trump cuts threaten Head Start program serving thousands of San Diego children
An Episcopal Public Services Head Start guide and pupil in a classroom Photo courtesy of Episcopal District Services An early childhood tuition campaign serving thousands of San Diego children is at hazard due to a Trump administration budget proposal to cut it entirely Episcopal District Services Head Start Early Childhood Coaching provides help for early training medical and services for preschool children If funding is reduced the nonprofit agency would lose million impacting over employees and limiting amenity to slots compared to according to Rosa Cabrera-Jaime director of early instruction and family services at ESC Here in San Diego there s a high demand for childcare for children zero to three Cabrera-Jaime explained According to The Associated Press Head Start began as part of President Lyndon B Johnson s War on Poverty Since then the effort has received bipartisan backing but several Republicans have opposed efforts to increase funding Project the guidelines blueprint created by the conservative Heritage Foundation called for the elimination of Head Start altogether We have about to Head Start teachers who once upon a time were Head Start Children They have shared the impact Head Start has had and how it has helped them break obstructions and get out of poverty Now their children are going to college and having a better life and that is what Head Start does mentioned Cabrera-Jaime We break impediments we help families to maximize their likely and release those cycles that are not repeated If that goes away I don t know where we end up she reported
