By Akilah Johnson |  GLOBE STAFF     JUNE 10, 2013

When the school year resumes this fall, at least 1,359 Massachusetts children — 259 more than earlier estimated — will probably not be in Head Start classrooms because of automatic across-the-board federal spending cuts.

The cuts, the legacy of so-called sequestration in Washington, will have a bigger impact than the federal government originally estimated, with slots for the preschoolers disappearing statewide, classrooms closing, jobs lost, and the school year ending early in some communities, officials say.

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The director of Head Start and children's services at ABCD, Yvette Rodriguez, talks about the effect of automatic federal budget cuts under sequestration on the anti-poverty agency's preschool program for children from low-income families.

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May 30, 2013

BNN News
From Chris Lovett

Automatic federal budget cuts are leading to layoffs and a drop in new enrollment of preschoolers from low-income families in the Head Start programs overseen by ABCD. 

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May 25, 2013 | Centro

Sequestration cuts are causing havoc on programs which help our children across the nation. 

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