An early childhood education program serving thousands of San Diego children is at risk due to a Trump administration budget proposal to cut it entirely.
Episcopal Community Services Head Start Early Childhood Education provides support for early education, health, and services for preschool children.
If funding is reduced, the nonprofit agency would lose $24 million, impacting over 300 employees and limiting service to 200 slots compared to 1,300, according to Rosa Cabrera-Jaime, director of early education and family services at ESC.
“Here in San Diego, there’s a high demand for childcare for children zero to three,” Cabrera-Jaime said.
According to The Associated Press, Head Start began as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. Since then, the program has received bipartisan support, but some Republicans have opposed efforts to increase funding.
Project 2025, the policy blueprint created by the conservative Heritage Foundation, called for the elimination of Head Start altogether.
“We have about 30 to 40 Head Start teachers who, once upon a time, were Head Start Children. They have shared the impact Head Start has had and how it has helped them break barriers and get out of poverty. Now, their children are going to college and having a better life, and that is what Head Start does,” said Cabrera-Jaime.
“We break barriers, we help families to maximize their potential, and release those cycles that are not repeated. If that goes away, I don’t know where we end up,” she said.
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