GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Leaders with local Head Start programs say they aren’t having any problems accessing federal funding, despite the Midwest regional office shutting down earlier this year.

Action 2 News asked about the issue on Monday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on an expansion to Green Bay’s facilities.

Head Start is a federally funded child development program designed to help break the cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs.

The program’s co-director gave an update on where they are at.

“At this time, we do believe we are in a really good place to serve the 336 children in our 16 classrooms across our two sites, especially with this

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