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 ...

PULASKI COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A key federal program that helps millions of low-income Americans across the Heartland is in jeopardy. President Donald Trump’s administration wants to end funding for ...

The Illinois Head Start Association (IHSA) announced a new statewide partnership with Children’s Museums across Illinois ...

Head Start officials are worried about the future of the early childhood learning program after the Trump administration abruptly closed regional offices and placed thousands of Head Start staff on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

CORRECTION: No employees of Child Care Associates were laid off as a result of a delay in notification about a federal grant. An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information.