COLORADO — Colorado Head Start programs are on track to be the latest victims of the federal government shutdown.

Head Start serves 11,000 low-income children in Colorado, infants through preschoolers, through $120 million in annual federal funding.

The first four Head Start programs in Colorado will run out of money on Nov. 1. Those four programs are out of the Thompson School District, Poudre School District, Adams County and the Community Partnership for Child Development (CPCD) in Colorado Springs.

Another six programs will lose funding starting Dec. 1.

Forty-eight programs in Colorado receive federal grants through the Department of Health and Human Services. Each program has different, staggered contracts with the federal government, and Head Start is much more than just childcar

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