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Thanh Bui-Duquette on the proposed elimination of Head Start

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

April 18, 2025

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Western Dairyland Head Start Director Thanh Bui-Duquette discusses how the defunding of Head Start by the Trump administration could affect child care providers and service in four Wisconsin counties.

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