FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

About 134 programs could be affected in 41 states and Puerto Rico. Tens of thousands of children and families could be affected by dozens of Head Start programs potentially closing if the federal ...

Head Start is often viewed as a program that caters primarily to urban areas. The numbers, however, tell a different story. Nearly 90% of rural counties in the United States have Head Start programs, ...

As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, early childhood education programs in Chicago that rely on federal funding are feeling the ripple effects and bracing for potential ...

WASHINGTON — The government shutdown has hit day 21 after the Senate failed to advance a House-backed deal for the 11th time. Vulnerable families must brace themselves for a possible pause on two ...

As the government shutdown continues, several key programs are at risk. One of them is Head Start, the federal program that provides early childhood education, health and food support for low-income ...

SALISBURY — Hundreds of families will be without the Head Start, Early Head Start, job training or food and energy assistance programs that the Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency (SRCAA) provides ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

Some Washington Head Start classrooms are preparing to close as the government shutdown continues. Roughly 3,000 Washington kids are in Head Start programs whose annual federal funding ran out Friday.

Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length. More than 100 Head Start programs are in danger ...

Nine Head Start programs in Wisconsin were set to close Nov. 3. Head Start students and families in Sheboygan County are at risk of losing education, meals and family development services. Even if the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo Public Schools is proceeding with its plan to temporarily close a majority of its Head Start and Early Head Start programs beginning on Monday, December 1. The district notified ...