Despite a temporary block on the federal freeze of loans and grants, many Head Start childcare programs continue to face ...

Head Start helps to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty ... “My staff is operating on a shoestring — if one staff member calls in sick, I will likely have to close the classroom that day ...

Some providers of pre-K and child care have waited more than a week for federal reimbursements that typically arrive in 24 ...

her students shout back. Casillas’ classroom is one of Sacramento City Unified School District’s 33 Head Start preschool classrooms, a federally-funded program for families whose income ...

The government watchdog agency is recommending that HHS formally monitor Head Start programs that are under interim management, including obtaining assurance that all child health and safety incidents ...

Head Start is a national anti-poverty program for children from families living below the national poverty line. Much of the program is focused on providing preschool for 4-year-olds and support for ...

Head Start and Early Head Start are federally funded programs that provide early learning opportunities to children born through age 5 growing up in poverty, during their most critical stages of ...

Teacher Dometila Casillas leads her class in song and dance during a Head Start preschool program in Sacramento on Jan. 8, 2024. A change in income-eligibility standards means that more families ...

The report studies Head Start programs that are operating under interim management, meaning those whose former managers — usually local agencies or nonprofits — gave up or lost their federal grants ...