Alabama Head Start programs

President Donald Trump’s administration said that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation's largest food aid program running. The website USA Facts says 750,000 Alabamians depend on SNAP to afford groceries. How soon and how much remain unanswered questions on partially restoring that funding.

The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation's neediest children out of preschool. The impact may include head start centers in Alabama.

Over a million people in Alabama may be impacted by President Donald Trump’s latest budget action in less than a week. A federal judge stopped the White House Budget Office temporarily blocking all grants and loans that aren’t in line with Trump’s priorities. That order expires this coming Monday. The details are still being worked out, but apparently Medicaid, the Head Start Program, Section eight housing subsidies are included. Over one million Alabamians reportedly use these services.

Probate judges from across Alabama are meeting in Tuscaloosa today. Alabama Public Radio’s Stan Ingold reports they’ll be talking about updates to…