The federal Head Start program has been a lifesaver for me since I was a toddler. I count my lucky stars that my parents were able to get me into Head Start for early childhood education decades ago.

Due to the government shutdown, Head Start, the iconic program designed to help children from low-income households improve school readiness, is now among the many federally funded services that have ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program, the Department of Health and Human Services ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration's temporary freeze on federal funds for the Head Start early education program for low-income children was illegal, a non-partisan government watchdog ...

The funding and overall future of Head Start — which helps low-income families with child development and family support services — has been in the headlines for the better half of the year because of ...

Children from a Head Start center are dressed as butterflies in the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in San Diego in 2017. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) This articl e was produced by ...

CONTROLLERS WHO ARE WORKING UNPAID. MEANWHILE, MANY EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE IMPACT. A LACK OF FEDERAL FUNDS WILL HAVE ON BOTH STUDENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. OUR LEAH ...

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 ...

Head Start teacher Sasha Fair helps two preschool children with a science experiment. Fair is worried about potential cuts to Head Start and social services that her students rely on. Credit: Jackie ...

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WAYCROSS, Ga. — Hundreds of babies and young children in Southeast Georgia won't be able to attend their normal school classes beginning Nov. 3. With federal funding drying up, Action Pact announced ...