Come this weekend, the government shutdown could have harrowing effects for families. The National Head Start Association (NHSA) announced an estimated 140 of its programs across 41 states and Puerto ...

Four Head Start programs serving nearly 1,000 of California’s most vulnerable children will not receive their annual federal funding on Saturday because of the U.S. government shutdown. One of the ...

LOWELL — Community Teamwork Inc. announced that it has been forced to furlough, reduce and eliminate staff positions due to the ongoing government shutdown and the resulting suspension of federal ...

Thousands of children have lost access to Head Start programs due to a lack of federal funding while the federal government is shut down. A few Head Start programs did not receive scheduled funding in ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Two Head Start programs in Ohio will close Monday if the government shutdown continues to block federal funding from reaching classrooms. The Highland County and Scioto County Head ...

Many Head Start programs across the country could be forced to close at the end of this week if the federal government shutdown continues, jeopardizing free child care and other services for tens of ...

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Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length. More than 100 Head Start programs are in danger ...

WASHINGTON -- Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation's neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown, ...

Donna Shields, pictured below, will step into the role of Director for both the Alta Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

New Mexico officials say Heads Start programs in the state are stable for now. (Photo courtesy of the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department) New Mexico officials say Head Start ...