Head Start preschool programs for low-income U.S. children are scrambling to cope with funding cuts and delays, as they feel ...

We must save the Head Start program to prevent the next generation from becoming the victims and perpetrators of crime and ...

The program celebrates its 60th birthday this week, but some fear it could be the last based on a Trump administration budget proposal​ that would eliminate it.

The lawsuit alleges that the changes to Head Start have been made in “blatant contravention” of Congress’ approval of funding for the program. Congressional action requires the Department of ...

While Head Start participation benefited children’s learning and development during their time in the federally funded preschool program, those advantages had mostly vanished by the end of 3rd ...

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to “dismantle” Head Start programs in Illinois and across the country has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf ...

The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration cannot reduce or eliminate Head Start, because the program is funded by Congress. By Sarah Mervosh The American Civil Liberties Union and other ...

LANSING Mich. (WLNS) – People are looking for answers as Head Start programs throughout Mid-Michigan were closed on Wednesday due to funding concerns—and officials gave 6 News those answers.

Trump does not have the power to defund the programs on his own. Those decisions are up to Congress, which often does not follow a president’s budget recommendations. Still, both Head Start and ...

In Mississippi, Head Start serves 25,000 children and 238 pregnant mothers. The proposed cuts also target the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), impacting 6 million households.