Despite bipartisan support, federal funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs appeared to be in jeopardy this spring.

The COO of a Waukesha Head Start provider is exploring alternative funding models, such as becoming a charter or voucher school, due to federal funding instability. Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin ...

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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 ...

Many low-income families rely on Head Start to not only give their children early access to education, but also to give parents access to child care. The program celebrates its 60th birthday this ...

If Head Start had been eliminated, about 3,000 jobs would also be on the line in West Virginia, and Cavalier pointed out that that is not counting working parents who would be impacted.

count to 20 and write their names. Head Start imbued him with a love of school and allowed his mother to take classes that led to higher-paying jobs, he said. Gomez went on to get two master’s ...

Sitting in a sliver of shade on north side of the state Capitol on Tuesday afternoon, about a dozen Head Start students snacked on applesauce and carrot sticks and doodled flowers, suns and ...

When an early draft of President Trump's budget proposal threatened to defund the Head Start program that helps support nearly 800,000 children and their families nationwide, advocates like ...

CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE. AN INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DOESN’T INCLUDE CUTS TO HEAD START, SOMETHING PROGRAMS HAVE FEARED FOR WEEKS. AFTER SEVERAL REPORTS THAT THEY ...

WASHINGTON — Head Start has been spared from proposed spending cuts in President Donald Trump’s initial budget request released Friday. It’s a relief for providers who feared they would be ...