The Memphis-Shelby County School Board is set to discuss the Head Start program and yet another deficiency, after a 4-year-old student walked out of an elementary school last ...

But in an unexpected U-turn, just days before the meeting, the council revealed it plans to pause any future mothballing of nurseries underway while it examines official guidance on the process.

By 8 a.m., parents drop off their kids at the Barrow County YMCA of Metro Atlanta’s Early Head Start facility. The kids wash their hands, then have breakfast provided by the center, which has its own ...

The Trump Administration is threatening the future of Head Start – a program that has provided critical and evidence-based services—from education to childcare— to more than 40 million children and ...

Head Start, launched in 1965, served about 800,000 children last year, including 83,000 in California. Originally a preschool, the program now serves children from birth through age 5.

California Head Start programs are in panic as the Trump administration threatens to cut the program, ending child care for 80,000 low-income families.

For a Black girl born in 1967 in small-town Mississippi, Head Start wasn’t just an educational program — it was the nurturing environment that was crucial to my future success.

Montana’s Head Start regional office that is located in Denver is not on that list. During the meeting with Whitehall parents, Pena-Larson encouraged the group to pursue opening their own facility ...

Below is the letter from Rocky, as well as a tribute to Whitehall Head Start from parent and volunteer Melissa Valenta that she read during Tuesday's meeting. Click here to view the PDF file.

When we held our last parent advisory meeting in February, there were only 17 open positions, and two of those had offers out,” she said. Douglass is rounding out her last year, needing Head Start.

The YMCA of Greater Kansas City will close its Head Start locations, alarming parents. The Mid-America Regional Council wants a replacement.