Lynn said when she started with the program four years ago, just around 40 people showed up for services. Since then, the number has increased at least four times; in October, Fresh Start helped 180 ...

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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 ...

Teachers of some of New Jersey's most vulnerable young children could start seeing layoff notices soon if the federal shutdown carries on much longer. That is a serious concern for the head of the New ...

LOWELL — Community Teamwork Inc. announced that it has been forced to furlough, reduce and eliminate staff positions due to the ongoing government shutdown and the resulting suspension of federal ...

Several Head Start programs across North Carolina and the country have abruptly closed amid the government shutdown. These centers provide free, federally-funded early education to children from ...

The organization that runs Lehigh Valley’s Head Start programs has spent more than $2 million to keep classroom doors open during the ongoing state budget impasse. Meanwhile, a Carbon County Head ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A northeast Indiana school superintendent on Tuesday said the only thing his Head Start students and staff can do is wait for the federal government to reopen. Fremont Community ...

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 ...

FARGO — Nearly 500 children in North Dakota could lose access to free education, meals and child care in December if the federal government shutdown continues. Head Start childhood development ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — WISH-TV is celebrating heroes all month long, and on Monday, we shared the story of a local woman recovering from addiction and the organization that she says helped save her ...

One California Head Start program has closed and three others face imminent closure due to the federal government shutdown, affecting about 1,000 very-low-income children and 270 teachers. The ...