A federally funded childhood development program in Santa Cruz County is facing an uncertain future after the nonprofit organization operating it pulled out of its multi-year grant last month amid financial turmoil.
The Head Start program was enacted during the administration of former President Lyndon Johnson and has been reauthorized and grown by Congress ever since. It supports working class families by providing early education, child care, family support, and nutrition for children from ages 3 to 5. In 1995, it was expanded to include the Early Head Start program, which covers children from birth to age 3.
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