LOWELL — Head Start is on the federal shutdown chopping block, and a coalition of leaders addressed the dire situation during a press conference Monday calling for an end to the government shutdown ...

FARGO — Nearly 500 children in North Dakota could lose access to free education, meals and child care in December if the federal government shutdown continues. Head Start childhood development ...

Malaya Peterkin and other preschoolers sat in bright blue chairs around a table on a recent afternoon, listening raptly to teacher Rachel Cepeda read a book about butterflies. Afterward, the children ...

Head Start and Early Head Start programs are designed to holistically nurture the educational, health, and socio-emotional welfare of children from low-income backgrounds. These programs are 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 ...

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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - A federal funding freeze could shut down early learning programs serving 294 children in Scott, Clinton and Muscatine counties by Oct. 31. The Family Enrichment Center in ...

As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, early childhood education programs in Chicago that rely on federal funding are feeling the ripple effects and bracing for potential ...

Kids enjoying playground fun and making new friends at Woodland Early Learning Center, in a provided photo. Caleb Kemboi / Educational Opportunities for Children and Families The families of 186 ...

A $12.6 million federal grant is helping expand the early childhood program Head Start in Howard County. The Community Action Council of Howard County, the county's Head Start program provider, ...