INDIANAPOLIS — As the government shutdown continues in Washington, the impacts are being felt across the country, including here in Indiana through federally-funded programs Hoosiers depend on.

One of those programs, Head Start, provides childcare and early learning for kids, starting at birth all the way to age five.      

But the executive director of the Indiana Head Start Association says some of the state's Head Start programs are already having to make tough choices to stay open.

"Head Start, our politics is children," said Rhett Cecil, the association's executive director.

As the standoff between Republicans and Democrats continues in Washington, Cecil says Head Start families across Indiana are living with how politics can impact everyday life.

"It's not geographically one spo

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