Overview
- The lapse has stalled payments to roughly 140 grantees, putting services for about 65,000 children and expectant parents at risk.
- Twenty-four Migrant and Seasonal Head Start centers in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and Oklahoma are closed, affecting more than 1,100 children and furloughing about 900 staff, according to program leadership.
- Some providers are staying open temporarily with help from school districts, local governments and philanthropies, though leaders report dwindling reserves and warn of further reductions.
- Ohio officials say two providers in Highland and Scioto counties have closed, displacing an estimated 600 children and 150 staff, with several more agencies at risk.
- In Arizona, at least 210 children lost access to services, and separate federal court orders directed SNAP to continue using emergency reserves to keep benefits flowing.