Early learning director speaks on the impact of expanding Head Start for Leon County Schools

As Leon County Schools (LCS) partners with Head Start to move into five more elementary schools, district leaders are ...
MarketWatch

Start Early Announces President Diana Rauner Plans To Step Down; Board Appoints Celena Sarillo as Next President Effective June 2026

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. CHICAGO, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Start Early, a national leader in early learning and care, today announced that ...
OPB

Oregon Head Start calls on Gov. Kotek to reallocate nearly $10M in lost funding

Leaders of Oregon’s Head Start programs are urging state officials to restore $9.5 million in funding cuts that have spurred additional layoffs and program reductions in key early childhood education ...
Education Week

Judge Bars Trump Admin. From Purging DEI Terms From Head Start Funding Requests

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to remake Head Start, ordering it to stop purging words it associates with diversity, equity, and inclusion from grant ...
Aclu.org

Federal Judge Grants Second Preliminary Injunction Blocking Attacks on Head Start

Case: Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy et al. SEATTLE – A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction ...
Black Enterprise

Say What? Words Like ‘Black,’ ‘Women,’ ‘Disability,’ And ‘Tribal’ Are Now Banned From Head Start Grant Applications

One Head Start director labels the issue as an "impossible situation" since the federal Head Start Act holds many of the words that programs are now being forced to stray away from. Head Start early ...
TwinCities.com

Trump officials bar Head Start providers from using ‘women’ and ‘race’ in grant applications

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people” — a directive ...
Los Angeles Business Journal

OpEd: Head Start Supports Economy, Workers

Head Start should be preserved as an economic boost for working families, writes Michael Olenick with Child Care Resource Center. Head Start was created in 1965 and has supported millions of children ...
Pensacola News Journal

Escambia Children's Trust board OKs $1.1M grant to help Head Start

Grant funds will be used to stabilize Head Start/Early Head Start workforce by retaining early education teachers, other staff Head Start and Early Head Start provides service to 469 Escambia County ...
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UAMS reopens Head Start Centers after federal funding restored post-shutdown

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Federal funding has been restored for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' (UAMS) Head Start Centers, allowing them to reopen this week. In a release, UAMS said ...
SFGate

Santa Cruz Co.: Head Start Program Will Transition To Federal Interim Provider After Nonprofit Exits Grant

A federally funded childhood development program in Santa Cruz County is facing an uncertain future after the nonprofit organization operating it pulled out of its multi-year grant last month amid ...
Center for American Progress

Head Start Is a Model for Supporting Child and Family Mental Health

Amid a pronounced youth mental health crisis in the United States, Head Start stands out as a crucial model for addressing the needs of vulnerable young children. The United States faces a youth ...