FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 2, 2025

Media Contact:
 Nick Peters
Communications Associate
United Neighborhood Houses
[email protected]

United Neighborhood Houses Statement in Response to Head Start Office Closure

NEW YORK – April 2, 2025 - In response to the Trump Administration’s closure of the regional Head Start office in New York on April 1, alongside four other regional Head Start offices, United Neighborhood Houses Executive Director, Susan Stamler, commented:

“This decision by the Trump administration is irresponsible and destructive. Our settlement house members rely on Head Start funding to operate essential early childhood programs. This move threatens access to child care and undermines programs essential to young children’s development. The President and his appointees are deliberately harming our country’s children and families. The Trump Administration must immediately reverse this decision.”

###

United Neighborhood Houses (UNH) is a policy and social change organization representing neighborhood settlement houses that reach 800,000 New Yorkers from all walks of life. A progressive leader for more than 100 years, UNH is stewarding a new era for New York’s settlement house movement. We mobilize our members and their communities to advocate for good public policies and promote strong organizations and practices that keep neighborhoods resilient and thriving for all New Yorkers. UNH leads advocacy and partners with our members on a broad range of issues including civic and community engagement, neighborhood affordability, healthy aging, early childhood education, adult literacy, and youth development.