Families brace for continued gaps in Head Start service despite government reopening

Vital federal funding is on the way for Head Start centers that were thrown into crisis by the government shutdown, but it could take time before some children who rely on the federal program can return to preschool. Others had to shut down entirely, destabilizing thousands of needy families around the country. “The damage has been done in a lot of ways,” Massachusetts Head Start Association Executive Director Michelle Haimowitz said.