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Over the past few weeks, I have met families and individuals whose lives have been touched by a wide range of our programs: a parent whose child is thriving in Head Start, a household who

State Executive Office of Housing and Human Services Secretary Kiame Mahaniah visited Community Teamwork Inc.’s Youth Services Program Thursday evening in recognition of Homeless Youth Awareness Month.

Head Start is on the federal shutdown chopping block, and a coalition of leaders addressed the dire situation during a press conference Monday calling for an end to the government shutdown and the release of

Community Teamwork Inc. announced that it has been forced to furlough reduce and eliminate staff positions due to the ongoing government shutdown and the resulting suspension of federal funding for the Head Start program.

Four Head Start centers in Massachusetts serving hundreds of children have closed their doors, and five other programs are running on emergency state funds after the federal government shutdown halted their grants on Saturday.

As the federal government shutdown stretches on, thousands of children in Massachusetts could lose access to early childhood care if federal funding for Head Start programs runs out.

Most of Massachusetts’ Head Start programs are afloat for now, even as funding for some runs out Nov. 1 under the prolonged government shutdown.

With a cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and fuel assistance benefits set for Saturday, local organizations are scrambling to meet what is expected to be a sharp increase in demand for assistance.

Hundreds of Massachusetts children could lose access to Head Start early childhood education programs if the government shutdown continues into November.

We entered a year where policies shifted dramatically, funding uncertainties deepened, and national conversations questioned what it means to serve the most vulnerable, even redefining who is considered “deserving” of support. These moments have felt,