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Resident urges county to oppose Head Start cuts, citing local economic and child-care impacts
3081535 · April 22, 2025
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Summary
A Cortez resident told commissioners that proposed cuts to Head Start would harm children and local economy, noting local Head Start sites and citing a Colorado cost-benefit study showing $4.34 return per $1 invested.
During the April 22 public-comment period, Mary Dodd of Cortez urged Montezuma County commissioners to tell U.S. Representative Hurd that cuts to Head Start funding would harm local children, families and the county economy.
Dodd, who identified herself as a Cortez resident and local landowner, described the…
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