{"id":23451,"date":"2025-12-08T16:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23451"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:08:59","slug":"wyden-merkley-urge-trump-administration-to-release-funds-for-klamath-family-head-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-urge-trump-administration-to-release-funds-for-klamath-family-head-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley Urge\u00a0Trump Administration\u00a0to Release Funds for Klamath\u00a0Family\u00a0Head Start\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Oregon senators\u2019 letter notes that federal agency delays could endanger program helping 180 children in Southern Oregon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Washington DC<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office of Head Start to release grant funding essential to preventing the Klamath&nbsp;Family&nbsp;Head Start program from foreclosing on its&nbsp;main&nbsp;site in&nbsp;Klamath Falls, Oregon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cDespite the program submitting a full application for funding to pay off an<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>outstanding loan and purchase their facility more than six months ago, Klamath Family Head<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Start still has yet to receive an update from the Office of Head Start (OHS),\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;the senators wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThis delay is<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>especially troubling as Klamath Family Head Start\u2019s lender has now informed them that they will extend the mortgage only through December 18, 2025, after which this program could lose its building.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cKlamath Family Head Start has been a trusted Head Start provider since 1980 and foreclosure of the building would be devastating for the community,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;continuaron los senadores.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cOne hundred eighty children and families in rural Oregon rely on this facility on a daily basis and it is supported by over 40 staff members. If the program is forced into an eviction or emergency relocation because of a stalled federal review process, Oregon families will pay the price.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The senators requested an update to the status of the grant request, and a timeline of when OHS will complete its review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La carta completa es\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/wyden_merkley_letter_to_hhs_re__klamath_family_head_start_1303_grant_application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon senators\u2019 letter notes that federal agency delays could endanger program helping 180 children in Southern Oregon Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office of Head Start to release grant funding essential to preventing the Klamath&nbsp;Family&nbsp;Head Start program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":17053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[118,40],"class_list":["post-23451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-delivering-for-oregon","tag-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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