Gov. Maura Healey recommended funding Head Start State Supplemental Grants at $18.5 million in her fiscal 2026 budget, the same amount as in fiscal 2025. The Massachusetts Head Start Association (MHSA ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - The future of Head Start is in flux. The statewide child care program is struggling in the ...

Many groups that rely on a federal payment portal started experiencing problems accessing funds last week. HHS says ...

Childcare center employees told BI that they're locked out of their federal grants, leaving them unable to pay staff and ...

More than half a dozen child care centers that serve low-income families through the federal Head Start program have been waiting for more than a week to be repaid for expenses they’ve already ...

Children outside with a child care teacher at The Playing Field, a Madison child care center that participates in the federal Head Start program. (Courtesy of The Playing Field) More than half a dozen ...

In Mississippi’s Harrison County, staff at an Early Head Start program messaged parents to come pick up their children early after discovering they could not access the money to stay open. “Our ...

The White House blamed an "outage" for locking out a wide range of organizations and agencies on Tuesday from the online systems responsible for drawing down federal health dollars. Multiple state ...

Early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation’s neediest families. President Donald Trump signs ...

Due to the Executive Order signed by President Trump on January 27, 2025, we have to close all of our Head Start sites and services until further notice. CACS Head Start will inform families if ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A woman traveling with two small children in her car is behind bars after she was found to be drunk during a head-on collision in Port St. Lucie. As a result of ...