Low-Income Kids Set Back in Education: Funds for a million children in Head Start programs have already expired because of the shutdown, and 34 percent of those kids are African-American.
Some locations will be forced to immediately close their doors. However, more programs will run out of money and come under pressure the longer the shutdown continues.
The same is true for Title I education grants, which provide badly needed assistance to 20 million children, of which 27 percent are black, in the nation’s poorest school districts.
In addition, the review of new student loan and federal grant applications will be delayed, putting at risk the education of the 81 percent of black students who borrow to cover school costs.
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/newsroom/releases/2013/FACES_1_16_13.asp
http://www.theroot.com/views/blacks-and-college-loans-cloudy-picture
http://www.ncpie.org/nclbaction/titleI.pdf
Affordable Housing At Risk: The Federal Housing Administration, which underwrites 4 in 10 mortgages in the United States and is crucial for working families entering the housing market, will not process new home loans during an extended shutdown. FHA mortgages account for about half of all loans for African-American homebuyers. Housing vouchers for the working poor and the homeless will also be at risk the longer the shutdown continues.
http://www.mortgageloan.com/fha
