Head Start preschool programs for low-income U.S. children are scrambling to cope with funding cuts and delays, as they feel ...

Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal money compared with this time last year — and a lag in funding this week has caused some preschool classrooms ...

Head Start preschool programs, prenatal programs and home-based services. Head Start is most visible in preschool settings, where the program helps to prepare kids for kindergarten. Meal delivery ...

The Associated Press reported this week that Head ... some preschool classrooms for low-income children have had to close their doors. If the White House has its way, the Head Start program ...

Nationally, the program serves 750,000 kids, about 75% of them in what Head Start deems as “quality” preschool centers. The remaining 25% are toddlers, too young for preschool, who receive ...

Scores of government employees who help administer Head Start, which is federally funded but run by schools and nonprofits, have been put on leave. Preschool operators say they have received no ...

UpBring Head Start is a federally funded preschool program that provides free services to low-income families in Nueces County. In December 2024, Head Start Preschool Superintendent Roxanna Garza ...