(FOX40.COM) — As the Senate continues to debate the passage of the "Big, Beautiful Bill", California leaders in early childhood care and education are anticipating the impacts of looming federal cuts.

Bianca Ventura sat down with First 5 California and Child Care Resource Center representatives on Wednesday.

The two organizations have been advocating for California children and families on Capitol Hill.

Though they’ve seen bipartisan support in preserving children’s resources like Head Start, they say potential cuts to Medi-Cal and nutritional programs like SNAP could impact children’s overall health.

"There are huge cuts proposed in the House reconciliation package to the Medicaid program," said Vice President of the Child Care Resource Center, Donna Sneeringer. "Many of those recipie

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