Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs will be imperiled — potentially throwing tens of thousands of preschool children and their families into limbo — if the ...

Head Start preschool programs in the Big Bend area may close due to the federal government shutdown. Federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services accounts for 80% of the program's ...

Pasadena, CA - April 18: Jessica Lepe Rodriguez, center, reads to children in the Early Head Start program at Pacific Clinics Early Head Start Center in Pasadena, Friday, April 18, 2025. Pacific ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced that its Head Start program will be closing due to a lack of federal funding. In a letter sent to families on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 ...

When families in southeast Iowa drop their kids off at Head Start each morning, they’re not just sending them to preschool to learn their ABCs and 123s. The federally funded program offers free early ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

LEHIGHTON, Pa. — The classrooms at Pathstone Carbon Child Development Center on North Third Street in Lehighton are filled with little ones learning the skills they need for kindergarten. "And I think ...

At least four Oregon Head Start programs are at risk of having to close classrooms serving more than 1,000 children and lay off staff if the federal government shutdown drags on into 2026. Two of the ...

ALLEGAN, Mich. — Childhood programs across Michigan are feeling the strain after all of their funding was cut in this year’s state budget. The budget, signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Oct. 7, ...