The funds will help 441 young children stay in Ann Arbor area Head Start and Early Head Start childcare and preschool ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson launched Head Start six decades ago as part of his War on Poverty. The program provides early ...

The Head Start program in Tazewell County will continue to receive federal funding for the coming year through the U.S.

We have a long way to go in the budget process, and Head Start funding could still be reduced.” Cuts would impact child care, jobs. California Head Start programs expect to receive $1.5 billion in ...

Head Start helps provide preschool and child care for roughly 800,000 children. But the Trump White House has the program on the chopping block.

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has reversed course on a proposal to cut all funding for Head Start, a preschool and child-care program relied on by hundreds of thousands of low-income ...

For a Black girl born in 1967 in small-town Mississippi, Head Start wasn’t just an educational program — it was the nurturing environment that was crucial to my future success.

Head Start, launched in 1965, served about 800,000 children last year, including 83,000 in California. Originally a preschool, the program now serves children from birth through age 5.

head Start prepares preschool aged children for school for families who need extra help. Now, the proposed federal budget for Head Start is 0 dollars, leaving the future in question.

Head Start is a program that supports children from birth to age 5 with education and health services. Head Start was founded by Lyndon B. Johnson as a part of the war on poverty. The White House ...

In Illinois, Head Start programs last year received over $400 million in federal funding, supporting 28,000 low-income children and families while employing more than 9,000 Illinois residents.

After layoffs and funding problems, Head Start leaders fear what comes next President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including ...