Head Start preschool programs for low-income U.S. children are scrambling to cope with funding cuts and delays, as they feel ...

A coalition of Head Start groups has sued the Trump administration over what they say is an effort to dismantle the early childhood development program.

More than 800,000 students would lose access to early childhood education if Trump's draft budget proposal is enacted.

Head Start provides early education and comprehensive care for some of the country’s most vulnerable children ages 0 to 5—as well as support for families and expecting moms. The programs are built on ...

The program that serves about 22,000 children in Georgia. Advocates and families feared the White House would eliminate funding but a more recent budget left it intact.

Head Start is the poster child for public spending. The 60-year-old program and its newer offshoot, Early Head Start, currently provide preschool and child care for roughly 800,000 children in low ...

In its six decades of existence, Head Start has experienced highs, such as the addition of Early Head Start in 1994, and lows, like the disruptive COVID-19 pandemic. Here are notable events from ...

Head Start and Early Head Start significantly support the development of early childhood mental health (like social-emotional development), language. Cognitive development in children who attend ...

Jace was one of several toddlers Friday playing make believe, calculating animal shapes, coloring or pushing around a tiny bike in an Early Head Start classroom inside the Multicultural Child and ...

BROOKLYN, Ohio -- Step Forward recently opened the Memphis Early Learning Center at 10991 Memphis Ave. in Brooklyn. The new ...

Head Start serves over 11,000 children and families across 32 Early Head Start centers in Oregon. Leaders are calling for continued state support as federal funding uncertainties threaten the ...