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 providers nationwide are experiencing intermittent funding delays, administrative challenges, and existential fears in the wake of federal staffing reductions and policy changes that have ...

Video: Parents and a Head Start teacher express concern about potential budget cuts to the program. Head Start supporters were relieved when President Donald Trump did not include funding cuts to the ...

Early childhood educators with the federal Head Start program nationwide are experiencing a fresh round of funding delays and administrative headaches, with some providers left with no option but to ...

Amanda Cruz doesn’t limit her conception of Head Start to federally funded preschool. For her, it means Franklin Park playgroups for her son, home visits for her daughter and community connections to ...

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