Local Head Start sites that provide early childhood education, child care and other services are ramping up for the start of a new school year on Aug. 18 despite uncertainty over possible federal ...

Head Start and Early Head Start programs are designed to holistically nurture the educational, health, and socio-emotional welfare of children from low-income backgrounds. These programs are the ...

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The ruling halts a Trump administration directive that would have excluded certain immigrant children from Head Start, a program serving families who are eligible nationwide. The decision ensures ...

Head Start is celebrating its 60th year, but the program has faced funding disruptions, a federal government shutdown and ...

Toddlers play at a Head Start-supported family daycare in New Haven, Connecticut. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

The Escambia Children's Trust has stepped up to help CAPC's Head Start program retain qualified teachers and other staff with a $1.1 million grant.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ind. (WDRB) — A leaked draft of the 2026 federal budget proposal has revealed plans that could eliminate funding for Head Start—a move that would impact thousands of families across the ...

In a major move affecting early childhood education, the school board approved lease agreements for five Head Start ...

Six Head Start programs across Massachusetts, including one in Norton, waited more than three weeks to get their annual ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- While dozens of Head Start programs across the country are missing out on federal funding because of the government shutdown, those in Fresno County will be operating as ...

Along the Canadian border in north central Washington’s Okanogan County, where the closest major city is at least 100 miles away and infrastructure is sparse, the Okanogan County Child Development ...