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 programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding ...

State officials announced Tuesday that $2.25 million in funding would be committed toward the construction of a new Head Start facility in Riverside, which will replace a Southampton location that ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programs, with plans to terminate dozens of university grants studying improvements to Head ...

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 ...

With Encompass Services’ Head Start programs currently in jeopardy amid the ongoing government shutdown, the agency has ...

The Head Start program provides free early childhood education and support for low-income families. The federal government funds the program through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

New York City low-income families can continue to participate in city-run Head Start programs for at least another year after the Adams administration stepped in to fill a funding gap following the ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Flour Bluff and the South Side. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Parents who depend on the Head Start program in Nueces County are growing increasingly frustrated as the ...

Great Lakes Community Action Partnership is enrolling students for its Head Start program. The program offers free, all-day early education for eligible families in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and ...

Some Washington Head Start classrooms are preparing to close as the government shutdown continues.