{"id":16056,"date":"2026-10-06T14:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=policy-resource&#038;p=16056"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:58:34","slug":"afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start","status":"publish","type":"policy-resource","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start"},"template":"","class_list":["post-16056","policy-resource","type-policy-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic_tax-early-childhood","policy_resource_type-public-testimony"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start - Advocates for Children of New York<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AFC submitted comments expressing our deep concerns about proposed changes to federal Head Start regulations that would diminish access and quality of programming for children, including children with disabilities, children who are homeless or in foster care, and emergent multilingual learners.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start - Advocates for Children of New York\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AFC submitted comments expressing our deep concerns about proposed changes to federal Head Start regulations that would diminish access and quality of programming for children, including children with disabilities, children who are homeless or in foster care, and emergent multilingual learners.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Advocates for Children of New York\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-08T14:58:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-3661457-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AFCNewYork\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/\",\"name\":\"AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start - Advocates for Children of New York\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-3661457-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-06T18:14:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-08T14:58:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"AFC submitted comments expressing our deep concerns about proposed changes to federal Head Start regulations that would diminish access and quality of programming for children, including children with disabilities, children who are homeless or in foster care, and emergent multilingual learners.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"bn-BD\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"bn-BD\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-3661457-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-3661457-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Photo by Cottonbro via Pexels\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/\",\"name\":\"Advocates for Children of New York\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"bn-BD\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Advocates for Children of New York\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"bn-BD\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afc-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afc-logo.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Advocates for Children of New York\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFCNewYork\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start - Advocates for Children of New York","description":"AFC submitted comments expressing our deep concerns about proposed changes to federal Head Start regulations that would diminish access and quality of programming for children, including children with disabilities, children who are homeless or in foster care, and emergent multilingual learners.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start - Advocates for Children of New York","og_description":"AFC submitted comments expressing our deep concerns about proposed changes to federal Head Start regulations that would diminish access and quality of programming for children, including children with disabilities, children who are homeless or in foster care, and emergent multilingual learners.","og_url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/","og_site_name":"Advocates for Children of New York","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/","article_modified_time":"2026-10-08T14:58:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-3661457-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@AFCNewYork","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/","name":"AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start - Advocates for Children of New York","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-3661457-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-06T18:14:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-08T14:58:34+00:00","description":"AFC submitted comments expressing our deep concerns about proposed changes to federal Head Start regulations that would diminish access and quality of programming for children, including children with disabilities, children who are homeless or in foster care, and emergent multilingual learners.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"bn-BD","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"bn-BD","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-3661457-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-3661457-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Photo by Cottonbro via Pexels"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/policy-resource\/afc-submits-comments-regarding-proposed-changes-to-head-start\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AFC Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Head Start"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/","name":"\u09a8\u09bf\u0989 \u0987\u09af\u09bc\u09b0\u09cd\u0995 \u09b6\u09bf\u09b6\u09c1\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u099c\u09a8\u09cd\u09af \u0989\u0995\u09bf\u09b2","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"bn-BD"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#organization","name":"\u09a8\u09bf\u0989 \u0987\u09af\u09bc\u09b0\u09cd\u0995 \u09b6\u09bf\u09b6\u09c1\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u099c\u09a8\u09cd\u09af \u0989\u0995\u09bf\u09b2","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"bn-BD","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afc-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afc-logo.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Advocates for Children of New York"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AFCNewYork"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy-resource\/16056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy-resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/policy-resource"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy-resource\/16056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16076,"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy-resource\/16056\/revisions\/16076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16056"}],"curies":[{"name":"\u09a1\u09ac\u09cd\u09b2\u09bf\u0989\u09aa\u09bf","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}