OHIO — The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers , leaving working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation's neediest children out of preschool.

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Dozens of centers are missing out on federal grant payments that were due to arrive Nov. 1

A half-dozen Head Start programs never received grants that were anticipated in October, but there are now 140 programs that have not received their annual infusion of federal funding

Among the preschools closing as of Monday are 24 Migrant and Seasonal Head Start centers spread across five states

Dozens of centers are missing out on federal grant payments that were due to arrive Nov. 1. Some say they'll close indefinitely, while others are staying afloat with emerge

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