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Now, with Head Start at risk of closure, Mississippi's pre-K success may start to trend downward. Mississippi relies heavily on federal funding for early education programs.

The Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency, which runs a Head Start program, says it alone serves 1,100 children. The Hamilton County Educational Service Center serves nearly 700 kids.

Head Start, which advocates say has long enjoyed bipartisan backing, is now shrouded in a cloud of doubt. That uncertainty became very tangible in this small community.

More than 400 children can return to their Head Start classrooms in the Lower Yakima Valley after Inspire Development Centers was notified Friday that it would get its federal funding.