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 ...

About 134 programs could be affected in 41 states and Puerto Rico. Tens of thousands of children and families could be affected by dozens of Head Start programs potentially closing if the federal ...

In late November, the leader of a Native American Head Start program on a reservation in Western Washington State opened an ...

Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs will be imperiled — potentially throwing tens of thousands of preschool children and their families into limbo — if the ...

Nine Head Start programs in Wisconsin were set to close Nov. 3. Head Start students and families in Sheboygan County are at risk of losing education, meals and family development services. Even if the ...

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 ...

Governor had previously promised to monitor rollout of new budget changes to Oregon’s early childhood education programs ...

Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a ...