How Head Start programs are staying open in Tallahassee: 'We can't shut down on our children'

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM CST

As some Head Start early learning programs close across the country due to the government shutdown, we check in with how the community is coming together to keep doors open for a few hundred low-income children in Florida.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Curtis Taylor, president and CEO of The Urban League in Tallahassee.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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