LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Round 9 Tuesday night time the Capital Space Group Providers — often known as CACS — printed a social media assertion concerning the confusion surrounding its Head Begin packages throughout Mid-Michigan.
Late Tuesday afternoon an govt order pausing federal funding left many worrying about what would and wouldn’t have been affected, and whereas a federal decide quickly blocked the pause minutes earlier than it was set to take impact, many individuals took to Fb and different social media platforms to say CACS emailed them saying, “We have to close all of our Head Start sites and services until further notice.”
White Home price range workplace rescinds federal funding freeze
Different folks have been writing they work for CACS Head Begin and had been laid off in an analogous e-mail Tuesday afternoon. 6 Information has confirmed with CACS that layoff notices have been despatched out. Nevertheless, CACS reversed this resolution and has since notified all workers their employment will proceed and all Head Begin packages will probably be open Thursday.
Confusion over Michigan Head Begin packages continues. (WLNS)
Confusion over Michigan Head Begin packages continues. (WLNS)
Confusion over Michigan Head Begin packages continues. (WLNS)
On Fb Wednesday morning CACS wrote:
From our Head Begin Director, we wish to let households know the next colleges with Head Begin Providers will probably be open for programming.Averill, Forest View, Gier Park, Nice View & Cumberland.We’ll proceed to speak with workers and households as messaging involves us.Thanks!
CACS Head Begin
It stays unclear Wednesday morning what number of Head Begin packages remained closed right this moment and what’s going to occur within the following days to the packages, college students and workers.
6 Information additionally obtained a duplicate of steering despatched out to lawmakers relating to the directive, which signifies that Head Begin packages is not going to be affected.
Q: Is that this a freeze on advantages to People like SNAP or pupil loans?
A: No, any program that gives direct advantages to People is explicitly excluded from the pause and exempted from this evaluation course of. Along with Social Safety and Medicare, already explicitly excluded within the steering, obligatory packages like Medicaid and SNAP will proceed with out pause.
Funds for small companies, farmers, Pell grants, Head Begin, rental help, and different related packages is not going to be paused. If companies are involved that these packages might implicate the President’s Govt Orders, they need to seek the advice of OMB to start to unwind these objectionable insurance policies with out a pause within the funds.
Workplace of Administration and Finances — Jan. 28, 2025
The next is a press release from the Michigan Division of Schooling, additionally launched earlier than the order was blocked.
The Michigan Division of Schooling (MDE) is conscious of the M-25-13 memo from the federal Workplace of Administration and Finances (OMB) to federal company heads on January 27, 2025. This memo places a two-week pause on federal grant, mortgage, and different monetary help packages, excluding help offered on to people.MDE is working with the Govt Workplace of the Governor and the Michigan Division of the Lawyer Normal on the safety of federal funds for Michigan’s college students and college workers members. Lawyer Normal Dana Nessel issued this assertion.Thanks for all you do day-after-day to serve Michigan’s public faculty youngsters and help their training
Michael F. Rice, State Superintendent, Jan. 28, 202
