Many Head Start children are in foster care or are homeless. A lag in funding to Head Start since January has caused some Head Start preschool classrooms to close.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a ...

Barring undocumented children from the federally funded preschool program could have ripple effects on families, communities, and K-12 schools.

President Lyndon B. Johnson launched Head Start six decades ago as part of his War on Poverty. The program provides early education and child care for low-income children from infants to 5-year-olds ...

Despite bipartisan support, federal funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs appeared to be in jeopardy this spring.

The federal preschool program also supports infants up to age 3 in home-based child care centers. Funding levels are still in flux under the Trump administration’s proposed year one budget.

Head Start preschool programs for low-income U.S. children are scrambling to cope with funding cuts and delays, as they feel the squeeze of President Donald Trump's cost-cutting drive.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Head Start preschool programs for low-income U.S. children are scrambling to cope with funding cuts and delays, as they feel the squeeze of President Donald Trump's cost ...

In an application to reduce numbers for Head Start slots, Hanover said that its teachers can't handle the rising population of kids with documented disabilities and low-income students funded through ...

Community Action Pioneer Valley's Head Start & Early Learning Programs (HS&ELP) marked 60 years of service with preschool graduation ceremonies this week and received special recognition from ...

The budget proposal, called the "Skinny budget" because it does not include program-level funding proposals, revealed that Head Start is surviving, but the funding could still be reduced.