Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Wasilla ...

Head Start was started six decades ago as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty. While the early childhood program has enjoyed bipartisan support since then, some Republicans have ...

FILE - Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in ...

Head Start operates in all 50 states, helping families who are homeless or are in poverty. Parents who otherwise would not be able to afford child care rely on it when they work or go to school.

Today, Head Start programs include preschool programs, which serve children ages 3-5, and Early Head Start programs. The latter serves infants and toddlers, and can also serve pregnant individuals.

Head Start is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. A HHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to a call for comment. In 2024, the total Head Start budget was $12.2 billion. “We ...

FAIRIFELD, Conn. (May 15, 2025) – With this Sunday, May 18, marking the 60th anniversary of Head Start programming in America, Betsy Zorio, Save the Children’s Vice President of U.S. Programs, issued ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ran the Head Start early education program.