Head Start is turning 60. The federal child care program may not make it to 61. Bright morning sun is streaming through the windows of Sandra Dill's New Haven, Connecticut, home as she reads a ...

The federal preschool program also supports infants up to age 3 in home-based child care centers. Funding levels are still in ...

The Trump administration’s decision to close a regional Head Start office in Chicago this week has raised questions about how the program, which serves more than 28,000 children and low-income ...

I didn’t know how to read books, only a few letters, ... Several media outlets have reported that Head Start programs received $1.6 billion from Jan. 1 through Tuesday.

Malaya Peterkin and other preschoolers sat in bright blue chairs around a table on a recent afternoon, listening raptly to teacher Rachel Cepeda read a book about butterflies. Afterward, the children ...

Head Start on chopping block despite being a top priority of Kim Reynolds, Iowa leaders Advocates for the 60-year-old federal program want Iowans to take action ...

Nationally, Head Start programs have received $943 million less. Because the closure was so brief, staff were able to keep their benefits, said Julie Jones, Inspire’s HR director.

Four of Dill's eight available slots are funded through Head Start. This is the federal-to-local program that funds child care and other support for the poorest families in America.

Four of Dill's eight available slots are funded through Head Start. This is the federal-to-local program that funds child care and other support for the poorest families in America.

To date, Head Start has served nearly 40 million children.In fiscal year 2023, the Head Start program was funded to serve 778,420 children. The program has always been underfunded: In 2020 Head ...

(Regular Head Start serves children 3 to 5 years old; Early Head Start is for those under 3.) The program—which began right here in New Haven—is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, The ...