The uncertainty surrounding Head Start today cannot help children who need a stable learning environment. But uncertainty is ...

The program was targeted by Project 2025 as having "little or no academic value." That couldn't be further from the truth ...

Head Start was founded 60 years ago as a critical tool in the War on Poverty. It now serves about 750,000 children nationally from infancy until kindergarten, with 28,000 in Illinois.

If it sounds confusing, that’s because it is. If Head Start loses funding, there is no backstop of grant or private funding at the Child & Family Centers of Excellence in Waukesha.

Summary In 1965, Congress created Head Start to provide high quality and comprehensive services for families in need. Over the past 60 years, this visionary program has transformed the lives of ...

Head Start preschool programs for low-income U.S. children are scrambling to cope with funding cuts and delays, as they feel the squeeze of President Donald Trump's cost-cutting drive.

Malcolm X and Harriet Tubman murals preserved in photos as Albina Head Start rebuilds by Joseph English Mon, May 19th 2025 at 11:44 AM Updated Mon, May 19th 2025 at 10:43 PM 6 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday told Congress the Trump administration would not cut funding for Head Start, after layoffs at the agency ...

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 offers free child care and preschool services for about 8,000 kids in West Virginia from low-income families or foster families or even those experiencing homelessness. However, it does ...

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 and Early Head Start are provided by Community Services for Children to nearly 1,500 Lehigh Valley families. Documents leaked last month indicated the programs could be eliminated in upc… ...