Congresswoman Watson Coleman Visits Local Head Start

North Brunswick (February 21, 2025) - Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and her staff visited a Head Start facility in North Brunswick to meet with local students and educators directly impacted by President Trump’s funding freezes and proposed budget cuts. 

 

The facility is part of a Head Start program serving over 1000 children at eight Middlesex and Monmouth County locations.

 

“What I’m hearing from organizations like Head Start is that if the lawsuits to unfreeze their accounts had not been successful, they would have had to shut their doors to the children they serve,” said Watson Coleman. “That's why my Democratic colleagues and I fought to prevent cuts to programs like these in the Budget Committee, and we'll do so again next week on the House Floor.”

 

Eighty percent of Head Start’s funding comes from federal grants that Trump has tried to freeze and the GOP Congress is trying to cut. Head Start helps over 800,000 students nationwide (they've served nearly 40 million students since they started six decades ago) and is just one of countless organizations that help our families and would be devastated by the terrible Republican budget and tax-scam.