Head Start is still set to receive level funding but advocates said things could change by the time the budget is finalized.

Children facing poverty, homelessness, and other vulnerable situations often miss out on early education. Programs like Head Start can have a profound, positive impact, shaping a child's future.

the nation’s largest childcare and early education program. The National Head Start Association and other education authorities have universally described this brutal attack on children and ...

with studies showing that these kids enter school with better vocabulary and early math skills. These initial gains have lasting impacts, as children from Head Start are statistically 4-12% more ...

Head Start appears to have dodged the federal budget axe — for the time being. Last month, President Donald Trump’s early budget draft called for the elimination of Head Start, the free early ...

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to “dismantle” Head Start ... “Early childhood is the most important developmental period in a child’s life,” Nolan said. “If ...