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Head Start Shut Down By Government Shutdown
Utterly heartbreaking story on ATC. Audio at link.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=228198593
About 19,000 children are affected by the government shutdown. Head Start programs across the country are being forced to shut down as they lose funding from the federal government. Audie Cornish talks to Dora Jones, the director of Cheaha Regional Head Start in Talladega, Ala. Her program is closed Tuesday because of the shutdown.
