Many parents of students this new school year have questions about the statuses of federally funded after-school programs like Head Start. In Colorado's Jefferson County, the program isn't downsizing -- instead it's expanding to new communities.

Earlier this year the city of Lakewood rescinded their stewardship of Head Start, a pre-kindergarten education program for those in low-income areas. But luckily, Jefferson County stepped up and is now expanding the presence of the program even as funding for the program remains precarious.

Just off the corner of South Yarrow Street and Florida Avenue in Lakewood, the director of Jefferson County's Head Start after-school programs is something of a one-woman army.

"We've been fast and furious trying to get staff hired and families enrolled," Rac

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