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Children listen during storytime at the Ralph Hawley Head Start Center at the YMCA of the East Bay in Emeryville on Dec. 9, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters
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Low-income families often can’t afford the services they need to set their young children up for success. For over six decades Head Start has been giving children aged 0-5 and their families access to education, healthcare and social services. But a proposed federal reform could make it harder for children experiencing homelessness to enter the program.
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