Head Start programs serving 65,000 children will stop receiving federal funding on Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown , leaving some of them in danger of closing immediately.

Tommy Sheridan, deputy director of the National Head Start Association, said 140 Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico will lose funding starting Saturday. Head Start provides education, child care , meals, health screenings and more for the nation’s neediest preschoolers.

Head Starts closing

The backstory:

With new grants on hold, a half-dozen Head Start programs have already missed federal disbursements they were expecting Oct. 1 but have stayed open with fast-dwindling reserves or with help from local governments.

FILE: Preschoolers on the Head Start Program at North Shore Park. (Phot

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