Head Start programming for about 60,000 children is at risk if the federal government shutdown continues into November, leaders of the National Head Start Association and its state chapters say. On ...

The state budget eliminated all $19.4 million in funding for Great Start Collaborative programs, which helped get young kids and their families access to needed early childhood services. School ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve more than 58,000 of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - As the federal government shutdown stretches on, thousands of children in Massachusetts could lose access to early childhood care if federal funding for Head Start programs runs out.

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Thousands of Ohio Head Start children – about 3,700 – risk losing services if the federal government shutdown continues through Nov. 1. The impact could mean working parents that rely ...

Pasadena, CA - April 18: Jessica Lepe Rodriguez, center, reads to children in the Early Head Start program at Pacific Clinics Early Head Start Center in Pasadena, Friday, April 18, 2025. Pacific ...

One California Head Start program has closed and three others face imminent closure due to the federal government shutdown, affecting about 1,000 very-low-income children and 270 teachers. The ...

Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs will be imperiled — potentially throwing tens of thousands of preschool children and their families into limbo — if the ...

The Head Start program provides free early childhood education and support for low-income families. The federal government funds the program through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.