WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- First Five Years Fund, an organization that advances ways to increase access to high-quality early childhood education for children from low-income families, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 28, 2025, with 105 organizations: * * * JOINT STATEMENT: Groups Call on Congress to Protect Head Start, End the Shutdown Families with young children are feeling the pain of the federal shutdown, and without immediate Congressional action, tens of thousands of children c  more