Key takeaways

Dozens of Head Start centers missed federal grant payments due Nov. 1, triggering closures.

Over 140 programs serving 65,000 children are affected nationwide.

Migrant and Seasonal Head Start centers in five states closed, impacting 1,100 children and 900 staff.

Families face combined challenges of lost child care and potential SNAP food aid disruptions.

The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of preschool.

Dozens of centers are missing out on federal grant payments that were due to arrive Nov. 1. Some say they’ll close indefinitely, while others are staying afloat with emergency funding from local governments and schoo

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