Children Play Alone After Shutdown Closes Head Start Programs
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Faith Thomas, 4, played with ants on a deserted playground in Tallahassee, Florida, instead of learning how to read. She wore a purple T-shirt with multicolored letters reading: “The Future Belongs to Me.”
A casualty of the federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1, Faith is one of thousands of low-income children who were abruptly cut from Head Start preschool programs.