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 ...

Big changes are on the horizon for early childhood education in Duval County, as Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) will no longer lead the region’s Head Start program. The federal Office of Head Start ...

Head Start could face further disruptions in November if the government is not reopened, according to the National Head Start Association (NHSA). The federally funded program provides early childhood ...

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.

Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center in Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sep. 5—Head Start programs are meant to prepare pre-school children and assist parents in their well being at no cost, but a series of incidents over the last five years at Kootenai Valley Head Start ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people” — a directive ...

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 ...

Sandra Graves, director of Champlain Valley Head Start in Burlington on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for ...