It seems intuitively obvious that Head Start, as currently constituted, provides long-term benefits to children from low-income families. How could it not? A child who enters kindergarten with a ...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) visited a Head Start center in Syracuse and criticized disruptions to the program across the ...

One mother finished nursing school because she enrolled her child in a Skip-A-Long Head Start program in the Quad-Cities, allowing her to take the classes she needed and enter the profession.

With federal funding to Head Start programs on the chopping block, educators are sweating over how those cuts could impact disadvantaged children and their families.

The lawsuit argues that the federal actions are unconstitutional and have left Head Start operators in a position where they ...

Head Start, a federally funded program for low-income students, is shuttering some regional offices. The program was ...

Four of Dill's eight available slots are funded through Head Start. This is the federal-to-local program that funds child ...

Head Start programs across Missouri could be at risk for closure if leaked budget plans from the Trump administration are ...

The Trump Administration is trying to get rid of the federally-funded Head Start program for the fiscal year of 2026, according to an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press. For fiscal ...

In Mississippi, Head Start serves 25,000 children and 238 pregnant mothers. The proposed cuts also target the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), impacting 6 million households.

Head Start has faced a series of escalating threats under the Trump administration. A recent administration budget proposal calls for a complete termination of the 60-year-old program. Eliminating ...

The Head Start Program provides free education and support services for low-income families and their children. There's a proposal to cut its funding. A stunning reversal of fortunes in Canada's h ...