Conservatives are right to want to rein — or even eliminate — a Department of Education they describe as bloated, ideological and ineffective. However, that battle plays out, eliminating Head Start ...

Early childhood educators with the federal Head Start program nationwide are experiencing a fresh round of funding delays and administrative headaches, with some providers left with no option but to ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Head Start facilities in western Montana will remain open as Head Start is on the list of programs that will not see their funding paused through the Trump administration's freeze. I ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — A group of nonprofits is suing the Trump administration over what they say are unlawful attacks on Head Start, a federally funded program that provides family support services to ...

Supporters of Head Start are worried about the program’s future as it faces Trump administration calls for budgetary cuts ahead of the next school year. The free, federally funded program for ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula’s Head Start location is remaining open after fears it would close following the Trump administration’s effort to freeze federal grants and loans. “I wanted to have everyone ...

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Four Head Start programs serving nearly 1,000 of California’s most vulnerable children will not receive their annual federal funding on Saturday because of the U.S. government shutdown. One of the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Federal funding has been restored for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' (UAMS) Head Start Centers, allowing them to reopen this week. In a release, UAMS said ...

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 ...

Local preschools that run Head Start programs are grappling with how to move forward with a new policy that bans undocumented children from their schools. Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and ...