WASHINGTON — Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown, ...

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 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 ...

Head Start providers across the country on July 10 received notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that they are now required to verify the citizenship and immigration status of ...

Nine Michigan early child care and education programs, supporting close to 3,000 young kids, are at risk of losing the funds they need to stay open as the federal government shutdown rolls on. Head ...

Playtime sponsored by the Rutland County Head Start at Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum on Dec. 11, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A version of this story by Adora Brown was published on Oct. 29, 2025 ...

Most of Massachusetts’ Head Start programs are afloat for now, even as funding for some runs out Nov. 1 under the prolonged government shutdown. But at least one program in southeastern Massachusetts ...

Four Head Start programs serving nearly 1,000 of California’s most vulnerable children will not receive their annual federal funding on Saturday because of the U.S. government shutdown. One of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...