Thousands of Wisconsin families could be affected by Trump administration’s proposed changes to Head Start

The Trump administration on Thursday proposed significant changes to Head Start, the country’s early education program for children from low-income families. But early childhood experts say without federal standards, families lose assurance that Head Start means the same thing everywhere. “And taxpayers lose a clear measure of impact that Head Start funding should have,” Celena Roldan Sarillo, president of Start Early, said in a media briefing Thursday. EmailHead Start and Early Head Start are federal programs for children younger than age of 5 from low-income families. The Wisconsin Head Start program serves about 12,000 families per year.