Preschool program for 13K Washington children faces uncertain future after federal funding scramble

“I’m worried about those families that are on the safety net, that are living in the margins, that need that extra help to get by,” said one Head Start official.

SEATTLE — A federal judge in Rhode Island Monday said the Trump administration violated his order to restore frozen federal funding. The judge said he made his order clear and “unambiguous” but that representatives from federal programs across the nation have provided evidence of the alleged violation.

According to Joel Ryan, executive director of the Washington State Association of Head Start, which serves 13,000 local preschoolers of low-income families, Trump’s administration continued to improperly withhold those

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