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

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

Founded in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Head Start has provided access to early childhood education for children ...

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

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the successor agency ... The programs that stayed open helped guide non-Head Start early childhood programs – such as child care centers and ...

Head Start is a free program serving low-income 0-to-5-year-olds nationwide and funded by the federal government, through the ...

Jace was one of several toddlers Friday playing make believe, calculating animal shapes, coloring or pushing around a tiny ...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York sounded the alarm that the Trump administration was planning to eliminate Head Start ...

In 2024, the U.S. Head Start budget was $12.2 billion. “We recognize that we have no certainty,” said the executive director ...

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