LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY – Alaska Head Start

Alaska Head Start Association Represented by Grantee Agency Directors, Staff, Parents, and Friends of Head Start in communities throughout Alaska –

Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association ~ Association of Village Council Presidents ~ Bristol Bay Native Association ~ Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes ~ Chugachmiut ~ CCS Early Learning ~ Clare Swan EHS/CCP ~ Cook Inlet Native Head Start ~ Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments ~ Fairbanks Native Association ~ Kawerak Kenaitze Indian Tribe ~ Kids’ Corps Inc. ~ Metlakatla Indian Community ~ Thrivalaska ~ RurAL CAP ~ Tanana Chiefs Conference

On April 11, 2025 – USA Today released an article entitled, “Exclusive: Trump Budget proposal would fully eliminate Head Start.” Multiple media reports are now confirming.

Budgets are not just a tool for negotiation. Budgets reflect and determine our priorities.

ALASKA PRIORITIZES HEALTHY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

The following individuals, businesses, and organizations strongly believe, and
BY SIGNING WE ASSERT, that investing in and providing support to our most vulnerable young children and their families is among the highest and most important priorities shared by Alaskans and Americans.

PROTECT HEAD START IN 2025

Alaska Head Start Association Represented by Grantee Agency Directors, Staff, Parents, and Friends of Head Start in communities throughout Alaska –

ALASKA PRIORITIZES HEALTHY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.