Trump officials bar Head Start providers from using 'women' and 'race' in grant applications

The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including "race," "belonging" and "pregnant people" — a directive that could reshape the early education program.

A coalition of organizations representing Head Start providers and parents said in court filings last month that the Department of Health and Human Services told a Head Start director in Wisconsin to cut those and over a dozen other terms from her application. She later received a list with nearly 200 words the department discouraged her from using in her application, including "Black," "Native American," "disability" and "women."...