Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday told Congress the Trump administration would not cut funding for Head Start, after layoffs at the agency and funding freezes raised fears the six-decade-old program would ...

When an early draft of President Trump's budget proposal threatened to defund the Head Start program that helps support nearly 800,000 children and their families nationwide, advocates like ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday told Congress the Trump administration would not cut funding for Head Start, after layoffs at the agency and funding freezes ...

May 15, 2025 - Jackie Stephens' daughters Mercy and Hope both attended preschool through Head Start, and she says they've thrived. But now she's worried. Video: Parents and a Head Start teacher ...

RADFORD, Va. – The Head Start program has been in the New River Valley for 60 years. “If she did not have this year in Head Start, I don’t think she would be ready for kindergarten,” said ...

Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday told Congress the Trump administration would not cut funding for Head Start, after layoffs at the agency and funding freezes raised fears the six-decade-old program would ...

Two-thirds of California legislators signed a letter urging the state’s congressional delegation to protect Head Start. The legislators said they are “deeply alarmed” by a growing list of ...

Head Start is the poster child for public spending. The 60-year-old program and its newer offshoot, Early Head Start, currently provide preschool and child care for roughly 800,000 children in low ...

Head Start program directors and families are deeply concerned over a Trump administration proposal to cut its funding completely. The proposed change would impact more than 20,000 children and ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — Educators across the Treasure Coast said they’re growing increasingly concerned about the future of federal funding for Head Start—a federally funded preschool ...

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 ...