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Head Start director says program must reduce some slots amid rising homelessness and staff turnover
Summary
Kathy Lutzwick told the board that Head Start faces higher numbers of children experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity and foster-care movement, and that those pressures and elevated staff turnover prompted a federally required change-in-scope request that the program’s policy council approved by majority.
Kathy Lutzwick presented a change-in-scope request for the district’s Head Start program, saying the district has met a full-enrollment initiative since July 2023 but now faces rising family instability.
"We have seen this year increase as far as number of children who are categorized as homeless, number of families who are going through housing insecurity... the number of children who have…
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