Head Start, which operates in all 50 states, has long enjoyed robust bipartisan support. If the changes take effect, they could make Head Start unrecognizable, said Khari Garvin, who ran the Office of Head Start under Democratic President Joe Biden. Tommy Sheridan, deputy director of the National Head Start Association, said the organization has yet to see the proposed rules. After public outcry, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose department oversees Head Start, told Congress the program's funding was safe. Earlier this year, Trump officials also erased a Biden-era rule that mandated raises and greater benefits for Head Start employees.