FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Central Kentucky Community Action Council Head Start and Early Head Start Will Pursue a Line of Credit to Maintain Normal Operations on November 1st, 2025.
(Lebanon, Kentucky- October 28, 2025) Central Kentucky Community Action Council Head Start and Early Head Start (www.ckyhs.org) serves 400 children and families across six Kentucky counties (Hardin, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, and Washington). CKYHS is a federally-funded preschool program and the funding for operations ends October 31st, 2025. With the federal government currently shutdown, there are no funds being awarded or released from the federal government for CKYHS to cover expenses beginning November 1st, 2025.
At a special-called meeting of the Central Kentucky Community Action Council Board of Directors on October 27th, the Board unanimously voted to allow the agency to pursue a line of credit to keep normal Head Start and Early Head Start operations until November 21st. Central Kentucky Community Action Council is deeply thankful to Bobby Miles and People’s Bank of Lebanon for stepping up to support our agency in this time of need.
While this is welcomed news for the children and families of Central Kentucky, this is not a permanent solution. If funding is not restored by November 21st, it is very unlikely that Central Kentucky Community Action Council Head Start and Early Head Start programming will continue. Our sincere hope is that the federal government re-opens, soon, so we can continue to fully support the children and families of Central Kentucky.
Please contact Bryan Conover (bryan.conover@ckcac.org) for any additional information.