Federal payments for Head Start this year were significantly behind schedule compared with 2024 and that violated the Impoundment Control Act, according to the nonpartisan Government Accountability ...

Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length. More than 100 Head Start programs are in danger ...

Many Head Start programs across the country won't open their doors on Monday. Nearly 65,000 children in Head Start programs nationwide may lose access in the coming days after missing their November 1 ...

WASHINGTON -- 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 shutdown, ...

Head Start programs across the country were providing summer services to young children when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a surprise notice on July 10 saying that, effective ...

WASHINGTON — 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 shutdown, ...

A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s efforts to expunge so-called diversity, equity and inclusion from Head Start programs around the country. In a Tuesday court ruling, the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Tens of thousands of children and families across the U.S. may be impacted by the possible closing of Head Start programs amid the ongoing government shutdown, and dozens of ...

ATLANTA — In what the organizations call an unprecedent move to respond to the government shutdown, YMCA of Metro Atlanta, Sheltering Arms and Easter Seals of North Georgia worked together to secure ...

Playtime sponsored by the Rutland County Head Start at Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum on Dec. 11, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A version of this story by Adora Brown was published on Oct. 29, 2025 ...