The program was launched 60 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson and serves hundreds of children in Marion and Polk counties.

Head Start staff and advocates launched a nationwide campaign to save the program, which Trump eliminated in his budget draft ...

Now targeted by Project 2025, the early childhood education program continues to be a game changer for children and their ...

Donald Trump's federal budget proposal did not include cuts to Head Start, but supporters of the early education program are concerned its funding could be cut during budget negotiations.

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has borne out many aspects of Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for ...

Head Start has been spared from proposed spending cuts in Trump’s initial budget request, a relief to providers who feared ...

Hamm said there does not appear to be a transition plan laying out how Head Start programs in those regions will receive funding and support. Project 2025, the conservative policy handbook ...

Chalk one up for the 4-year-olds. Thanks to a relentless onslaught of pleading, cajoling, lobbying and public pressure, Head Start appears to have dodged the federal budget axe -- for the time being.

The conservative policy blueprint Project 2025 recommends eliminating Head Start, citing an “unaddressed crisis of rampant abuse and lack of positive outcomes.” In a statement last month ...