This week, AP News reported that as many as 65,000 children may lose access to Head Start funding for early childhood education programs should the government shutdown continue through Saturday, Nov.

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 ...

A long-running program that serves more than 800 children in El Paso County has been operating on emergency reserves for the past week while the federal government shutdown prevents funding. Community ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big changes are on the horizon for early childhood education in Duval County, as Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) will no longer ...

The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of preschool.

SANTA CRUZ — A pair of critical local programs that have offered services to children and low-income Santa Cruz County families for decades may soon close despite the organization responsible for ...

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 ...

When families in southeast Iowa drop their kids off at Head Start each morning, they’re not just sending them to preschool to learn their ABCs and 123s. The federally funded program offers free early ...

A government shutdown threatens federal funding for childcare programs that provide nutritious meals to low-income children. The Child and Adult Care Food Program, which reimburses food costs, cannot ...

Preschool children in teacher Maria Sardina's class play on the playground at Northwest Montana Head Start in Kalispell on Tuesday, Oct. 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Head Start has a historic ...

ELLSWORTH, Maine (WABI) - A federal head start and early head start grant has been relinquished by Downeast Community Partners out of Ellsworth. However, the CEO of DCP said it should change nothing ...