Some providers of pre-K and child care have waited more than a week for federal reimbursements that typically arrive in 24 ...

Leaders of dozens of Head Start preschools said they might need to close temporarily because they remain locked out of their ...

Head Start is a federally funded program that provides no cost comprehensive services to pregnant women and children ages birth to 5 and their families who: Meet income eligibility requirements Have ...

Early Head Start is a comprehensive child development program serving poverty-level pregnant women and families with children aged 0-3. The home visiting program consists of one 1-1/2 hour home visit ...

Some Head Start programs are struggling to continue services as funding delays hit. The delays come after Trump walked back ...

Childcare center employees told BI that they're locked out of their federal grants, leaving them unable to pay staff and ...

Statewide, hundreds of Head Start classrooms are closed due to their inability to hire and retain teachers and staff. This means thousands of eligible children and their families are going without ...

Head Start has been something of a sacred cow in Washington since its creation in 1965. The $12.3 billion federal program provides pre-school services to nearly 790,000 low-income children each year.

Head Start preschools serving thousands of children around the country could be at risk of closing because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week ...