After losing federal grant for on-campus child care, Palo Alto College secured a deal with Head Start

Amiro, 3, squeals when his mom picks him up from day care, running to her, showing off acorns he found on the playground and a painting he worked on that day. 

His mom Lorena Salinas is a pre-nursing student at Palo Alto College. She doesn’t have to go far to pick her son up after class — he’s on campus too. 

This August, PAC opened up three Head Start classrooms at the Ray Ellison Family Center after losing a federal grant for campus-based child care services.