Head Start is a federally funded program that provides no cost comprehensive services to pregnant women and children ages birth to 5 and their families who: Meet income eligibility requirements Have ...

Some Head Start programs are struggling to continue services as funding delays hit. The delays come after Trump walked back ...

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

Families that rely on Head Start, and the workers who staff the classrooms, are waiting to see what impact the new ...

Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP/Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images/Martin Schutt/AP Head Start has been something of a sacred cow in Washington since its creation in 1965. The $12.3 billion federal ...

deputy director of the of the National Head Start Association. WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor “We don’t have enough information. Is it a short-term thing? Is this a glitch? Is it a ...

Head Start preschools serving thousands of children around the country could be at risk of closing because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week ...

Some Head Start programs in Washington may be forced to shut down if their access to federal funds isn't restored soon.

Early education and care providers serving low-income families are requesting a funding boost to support staff wage increases ...

The White House said Head Start should not be affected by the federal freeze, but local programs are scrambling to stay open amid payment glitches.

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