Officials, Operators In Vital Preschool Program Worry About Their Future Under Trump

Many Head Start agencies run on tight budgets. Advocates worry that even small delays in payments would make it difficult for them to cover payroll, rent and other expenses.

“Delay of payment = pain for people,” Melissa Boteach, vice president for income security and child care/early learning at the National Women’s Law Center, told HuffPost in an email. “People who are homeless. People who are struggling to put food on the table. People awaiting cancer treatment.