Headstart, an early education program for pre-school children, has been placed on the chopping block by the Trump Administration. Headstart is a federally funded pre-school program for low income families that began during the Johnson Administration’s War on Poverty.
Headstart programs around the state of Alaska provide much needed social, emotional, academic, nutritional and family support for pre-school children of low-income families. There is ample documented evidence that Headstart works! Ask anyone who has been involved in Headstart and they will tell you how important the program is to the developmental success of their children — preparing them at such an important age for the big world ahead.
While the Trump Administration is planning on spending a trillion dollars on the American military war machine, it is at the same time defunding this essential program for children and families.
Is there any sanity left in this country? Why can’t the richest country in the world take care of its children? Write Lisa Murkowski and tell her to support Headstart for the health and hearts of our children, our families and our community.
Tom Faverty