‘We need our community now more than ever to help fill in the gaps’: Educational Opportunities for Children and Families forced to end programs, cut services, furlough workers due to government shutdo

A Vancouver-based early learning nonprofit will temporarily close a center, furlough staff, close programs and reduce services by half due to the federal government shutdown.

The federal government provides funding for Head Start programs that serve low-income children and families through education, nutrition, mental health and child care services. The government shutdown means money for Head Start stops flowing Saturday. Tags Clark County Early Childhood Education