DOVER — Head Start programs across the nation are in danger of losing federal funding and the impact on the Strafford County programs, local leaders say, would be fatal. Head Start has centers in ...

Head Start has faced a series of escalating threats under the Trump administration. A recent administration budget proposal calls for a complete termination of the 60-year-old program. Eliminating the ...

Expertise and opinions of authors published by ForbesBooks. Imprint operated under license. Head Start and Early Head Start programs are designed to holistically nurture the educational, health, and ...

As President Trump’s deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development and director of the Office of Head Start during his first term, I have seen firsthand the positive impact of his ...

Beginning Nov. 1, more than 65,000 children will be at risk of losing access to Head Start, the federal early-learning program for low-income families. That's because federal funding for individual ...

(AP) - Five regional offices for Head Start were closed Tuesday as part of a workforce reduction at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the National Head Start Association. Head ...

Head Start teacher Sasha Fair helps two preschool children with a science experiment. Fair is worried about potential cuts to Head Start and social services that her students rely on. Credit: Jackie ...

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 ...

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A teacher helps a child with an art project in a rural Head Start classroom. Half of Head Start slots are in rural areas. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...