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“They really started to shift the conversation and shift the public thinking. It was starting to get to the root of the problem,” the grantee said.

A legal declaration filed by the EPA says 377 grantees have already received formal notices of termination, and approximately 404 more will be noticed soon.

Those grantees distribute funds to public or private clinics.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration even pulled $4.5 million for marine research, but it didn’t touch the 33 other grantees who get similar funding.

The Los Angeles County Office of Education is the largest Head Start grantee in the region and contracts with school districts and private nonprofits to serve 8,000 children and families.