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  • 3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Daniel Miller |Kate Sequeira

    As thousands of families poured into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the University of Southern California’s main-stage commencement on Thursday night, the scene had the feel of the usual collegiate event held there: a football game. “Churros! Water!” vendors called out as they picked their way past seated guests, some of them clutching pom-poms. Then the USC fight song began to play as night fell — and the Olympic Torch towering over the Coliseum ignited to cheers.

  • 1 month ago | latimes.com | Kate Sequeira

    Viviana Banuelos, teacher, center, plays with a child in the Early Head Start program at Pacific Clinics Head Start in Pasadena on April 18. The American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of six early childhood organizations, including one in California, sued the Trump administration Monday to halt the dismantling of Head Start and restore cuts to the program, alleging that the actions required congressional approval.

  • 1 month ago | latimes.com | Jenny Gold |Kate Sequeira

    Since President Trump took office in January, Head Start centers have been unnerved by an escalating series of threats, including, most recently, total annihilation. An end to the historic federal early childhood program would leave about 800,000 low-income children across the U.S. without access to child care, medical screenings, and nutritious food — including about 80,000 children from birth to age 5 in California.

  • Feb 6, 2025 | latimes.com | Kate Sequeira

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  • Jan 25, 2025 | latimes.com | Kate Sequeira |Jenny Gold

    Danielle Svihovec, founder and director of Woodbury Preschool Village, helps clean up the Altadena preschool after the Eaton fire Wednesday. Hundreds of child-care providers affected by the L.A. fires have been forced to shut their facilities and dozens of sites were destroyed, leaving scores of working families scrambling for care and dealing a blow to an already fragile sector in the region.

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Kate Sequeira
Kate Sequeira @kate_seq
29 Apr 25

For decades, the Head Start child-care program has had support from both Democrats and Republicans. But with a stark political divide and drastic cost reduction efforts, it is unclear how many Republicans in Congress will support its continuation. https://t.co/mMqJuAHhgk

Kate Sequeira
Kate Sequeira @kate_seq
28 Apr 25

RT @firstfiveyears: Head Start has long had bipartisan support in Congress. Now is the time for members on both sides of the aisle to stand…

Kate Sequeira
Kate Sequeira @kate_seq
27 Jan 25

RT @_hamilton_matt: Nice story from @kate_seq & @jaweedkaleem on pop-up camps after wildfires and other disasters