Head Start programming for about 60,000 children is at risk if the federal government shutdown continues into November, leaders of the National Head Start Association and its state chapters say. On ...

About 134 programs could be affected in 41 states and Puerto Rico. Tens of thousands of children and families could be affected by dozens of Head Start programs potentially closing if the federal ...

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.

Early childhood educators with the federal Head Start program nationwide are experiencing a fresh round of funding delays and administrative headaches, with some providers left with no option but to ...

Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs will be imperiled — potentially throwing tens of thousands of preschool children and their families into limbo — if the ...

The impacts of the federal shutdown are expected to grow exponentially this week. Children in the Head Start program play outside with lead teacher Genesis Lavanway at the Arthur M. Blank Early ...