The impacts of the federal shutdown are expected to grow exponentially this week. Children in the Head Start program play outside with lead teacher Genesis Lavanway at the Arthur M. Blank Early ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve more than 58,000 of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

Throughout the presentations and discussions of family-level research on Head Start, the roundtable members were impressed by the high level of local innovation. They learned about creative strategies ...

STAFF AND THEY WISH THAT MORE WAS DONE TO TRY AND SAVE THE PROGRAM. ## <I MYSELF GRADUATED FROM HEAD START IN 1994 SO WHEN I SAY THIS IS PERSONAL, IT'S PERSONAL> LESLIE GARIBAY WAS AN ENCOMPASS HEAD ...

LOWELL — Head Start is on the federal shutdown chopping block, and a coalition of leaders addressed the dire situation during a press conference Monday calling for an end to the government shutdown ...

TROY, Ohio — For almost as long as she’s been a mother, Sara Laughlin has known where she could turn for help in this western Ohio town 20 miles north of Dayton. For years, the local Head Start ...

Nine Head Start programs in Wisconsin were set to close Nov. 3. Head Start students and families in Sheboygan County are at risk of losing education, meals and family development services. Even if the ...

Early Head Start teacher Skyler Chipman cares for a child during naptime at Promise Early Education Center at 1 College St. in Lewiston in June, 2023. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) Purchase this image ...

A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s efforts to expunge so-called diversity, equity and inclusion from Head Start programs around the country. In a Tuesday court ruling, the ...

Head Start teacher Sasha Fair helps two preschool children with a science experiment. Fair is worried about potential cuts to Head Start and social services that her students rely on. Credit: Jackie ...