Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government ...

Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding ...

Education, child care and nutrition services for tens of thousands of young American children will begin to be cut off on ...

A government shutdown threatens federal funding for childcare programs that provide nutritious meals to low-income children.

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If the government shutdown extends beyond Nov. 1, more than 65,000 children could be at risk of losing access to Head Start, ...

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Programs serving the Champlain Valley and Northeast Kingdom will run out of funds by early December, the Vermont Head Start Association said.

The impacts of [closing] would be — could be — catastrophic,” said Carl Howell, whose Lowell-area Head Start programs take care of about 550 kids.