07/29/2024
This is from Project 2025, page 482. I hear a lot of folks saying they are not going to vote, but I encourage you to do your own research and vote. This election is going to be intense and will change many lives. One of Project 2025's goals and missions is to eliminate Head Start Programs, which are tailored to families with children from infancy to age 5. That includes all the Pre-K 3 programs, daycares, and more. It's just something to think about.
OFFICE OF HEAD START (OHS)
l Eliminate the Head Start program. Head Start, originally established and funded to support low-income families, is fraught with scandal and abuse. With a budget of more than $11 billion, the program should function
to protect and educate minors. Sadly, it has done exactly the opposite. In fact, “approximately 1 in 4 grant recipients had incidents in which children were abused, left unsupervised, or released to an unauthorized person between October 2015 and May 2020.”68 Research has demonstrated that
federal Head Start centers, which provide preschool care to children from low-income families, have little or no long-term academic value for children. Given its unaddressed crisis of rampant abuse and lack of positive outcomes, this program should be eliminated along with the entire OHS. At the very least, the program’s COVID-19 vaccine and mask requirements should be rescinded.
