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 ...

FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

When food stamp benefits faced a cutoff, nonprofit groups and local governments filed lawsuits, winning court orders requiring the resumption of payments. And when military troops risked having to ...

Even though the government has reopened, Head Start early learning programs across the U.S. are still not fully up and running. While most classrooms are open, 140 Head Start programs — some ...

Come this weekend, the government shutdown could have harrowing effects for families. The National Head Start Association (NHSA) announced an estimated 140 of its programs across 41 states and Puerto ...

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, ...