United Counseling Service (UCS) and Head Start/Early Head Start of Bennington County hosted a panel discussion about the ...

As the federal-government shutdown enters its second month – now the second longest in U.S. history – it’s not just food programs that are running out of money. Head Start early-childhood programs in ...

Head Start is often viewed as a program that caters primarily to urban areas. The numbers, however, tell a different story.

As the government shutdown continues, several key programs are at risk. One of them is Head Start, the federal program that provides early childhood education, health and food support for low-income ...

The impacts of [closing] would be — could be — catastrophic,” said Carl Howell, whose Lowell-area Head Start programs take care of about 550 kids.

As the federal government shutdown stretches on, thousands of children in Massachusetts could lose access to early childhood care if federal funding<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

She’s only 3 years old, but that didn’t stop Sofia Quiroz from enjoying a day out after traveling from Chicago Heights to the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn. The free visit was ...

Four Head Start programs in California will not receive their annual federal funding due to the U.S. government shutdown, ...

Approximately 140 Head Start programs nationwide, serving roughly 65,000 children, will stop receiving federal funding ...

Cynthia Nells — and the roughly 40 children she helps run early childhood programs for — are essentially on their own. The centers Nells oversees, located in and around the Ramah Navajo chapter in ...

A federal government shutdown now stretching into 30 days is putting early childhood education programs at risk in Wisconsin, ...

Kansas City Head Start centers will stay open for now, despite prior concerns the federal shutdown would force closures on Nov. 1. Instead, local providers have agreed to take a financial gamble to ...