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Column: To cut Head Start is to scar Florida's future

 
 
 
The Redlands Christian Migrant Association relies on Head Start money to operate child care centers that serve mostly poor rural families. Reductions are penny wise and pound foolish.
The Redlands Christian Migrant Association relies on Head Start money to operate child care centers that serve mostly poor rural families. Reductions are penny wise and pound foolish.
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