It is Day 27 of the shutdown, and for the families depending on Head Start and WIC, the situation is urgent. This week, we must double down on our circle of support. My two cents is this: Move from concern to action on the local level. Advocate: Make that call to your Senators. Remind them of the Nov. 1st deadline for Head Start funding and the real-world costs of this impasse on our families. Support: Check on your Head Start or WIC-receiving neighbors. 

It is Day 20 of the federal government shutdown. What was an inconvenience for Washington has now become a genuine threat to the stability of our neighbors' lives. Programs like WIC (for moms and babies) and Head Start (for early childhood education) are now facing critical funding cliffs, and the stability of hundreds of thousands of federal worker and contractor families is severely compromised. This is no longer a political maneuver; it's a community crisis with national e