Alaska Head Start programs are reeling after the regional federal office was suddenly closed last week, leaving programs uncertain about grant administration and future funding. Trump-appointed U.S.

A Fresno poverty-fighting organization that administers the Head Start program nearly had to pay back more than $8 million in federal funds because of declining enrollment. The Office of Head Start, ...

Head Start has faced a series of escalating threats under the Trump administration. A recent administration budget proposal calls for a complete termination of the 60-year-old program. Eliminating the ...

The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate funding for Head Start, a move that would cut early education for more than half a million of the nation’s neediest children and child care for ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Debby Edelman, public relations director for Riverbend Head Start & Family Services, says she is happy about the 100 percent ...

A number of federal changes to the Office of Head Start this year are having local impacts. The federal Head Start program provides early childhood education and wraparound services to qualifying ...