Administered by Cardinal Services, Kosciusko County Head Start has classrooms at four elementary schools (Mentone, Claypool, ...

Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday told Congress the Trump administration would not cut funding for Head Start, after layoffs at the agency and funding freezes raised fears the six-decade-old program would ...

RADFORD, Va. – The Head Start program has been in the New River Valley for 60 years. “If she did not have this year in Head Start, I don’t think she would be ready for kindergarten,” said ...

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 ...

Last month, President Donald Trump’s early budget draft called for the elimination of Head Start, the free early-childhood program for low-income families. Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation ...

Amanda Cruz doesn’t limit her conception of Head Start to federally funded preschool. For her, it means Franklin Park playgroups for her son, home visits for her daughter and community ...

MANKATO — Head Start parent and family advocate Mari Blesi has two kids enrolled in the program that offers preschool services primarily to low-income families. But her journey with the ...

Despite the reprieve, Bay Area parents and Head Start employees say they’re still worried about the future of the program, which provides free education, health services and nutrition for about ...

“I still distinctly remember eating fresh fruit for the first time in my life, because the Head Start program offers free breakfast,” Ahrens said. In rural districts, such as Modoc ...

An early childhood education program serving thousands of San Diego children at risk due to a federal budget proposal to cut it entirely was saved when the Trump administration opted not to cut ...

She and Jacob toured a Head Start facility in Concord, North Carolina, that serves over 100 children and families with programs like free early childhood education. It also provides mental health ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. In fact, TODAY's own Craig Melvin was one of the kids who grew up with support from a Head Start program. “I’m a Head Start kid,” Craig told Jacob.