The partnership with Capital Area Community Action Agency will bring new programs to Sealey and Astoria Park Elementary ...

Christmas arrived early for 177 children at Constantine Head Start on Friday, thanks to Auburn University safety Anquon Fegans, who returned to his hometown with gifts, Santa and enough holiday ...

LOWELL — Head Start is on the federal shutdown chopping block, and a coalition of leaders addressed the dire situation during a press conference Monday calling for an end to the government shutdown ...

Teachers of some of New Jersey's most vulnerable young children could start seeing layoff notices soon if the federal shutdown carries on much longer. That is a serious concern for the head of the New ...

PITTSFIELD — More than half of the families enrolled in Berkshire County Head Start rely on federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — and with benefits lapsing, families are ...

As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, early childhood education programs in Chicago that rely on federal funding are feeling the ripple effects and bracing for potential ...

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 ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Millions of Americans continue to feel the effects of the ongoing government shutdown, including tens of thousands of low-income families who rely on Head Start, a federally ...

One California Head Start program has closed and three others face imminent closure due to the federal government shutdown, affecting about 1,000 very-low-income children and 270 teachers. The ...

Head Start programs are facing closures due to a federal funding lapse amid the government shutdown. The shutdown affects nearly 65,000 children and over 22,000 staff nationwide in Head Start.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Around 17,000 children in Arizona are currently enrolled in Head Start programs. But funding uncertainty amid the ongoing government shutdown threatens to disrupt the help the ...

SEATTLE — If Congress fails to resolve the government shutdown by Saturday, Nov. 1, funding for Head Start programs serving more than 3,000 children across Washington state will run out, leaving many ...