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 ...

Head Start teacher Sasha Fair helps two preschool children with a science experiment. Fair is worried about potential cuts to Head Start and social services that her students rely on. Credit: Jackie ...

Hundreds of thousands of low-income children across the country who rely on Head Start for meals, health screenings and early learning will feel the pain of the government shutdown. The early ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Education, child care and nutrition services for tens of thousands of young American children will begin to be cut off on Saturday, as Republicans and Democrats in ...

Some Head Start early childhood programs are being told by the federal government to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied. That's ...

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.