(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)Thousands of New Jersey children at risk of losing instruction hours and teacher-to-student ratio would suffer
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)Thousands of New Jersey children at risk of losing instruction hours and teacher-to-student ratio would suffer
(AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr, HHS reinterprets long-standing policy, threatening how federally qualified health centers function
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Parents, providers file lawsuit to prevent ‘gutting’ of early childhood program
(AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Trump administration places new limits on early childhood program

What the cuts could mean for NJ’s public schools

Interview: Hannah Gross, education and child welfare writer, NJ Spotlight News
(OIT/NJ Governor's Office).Federal funding cuts would destabilize growing NJ preschool program, new report says
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)Programs offering child care to low-income families continue amid ‘a lot of unknowns’
(Courtesy of Megan Maloy)Clinton Hill Early Learning Center offers one solution for closing gaps in financing early childhood education
(USDOE)Insufficient federal funding means significant number of needy children remain unreached by Head Start and Early Head Start programs

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With the shutdown of the federal government has come closures for some Head Start programs, which serve low-income children.