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 serves as an effective model for supporting the mental health needs of children and their families because of its multigenerational approach. Head Start should be fully funded to serve all ...

Arabella Miera, an assistant teacher at an Early Head Start program in Pueblo, Colorado, plays with children in this photo from 2021. Head Start programs are funded using an outdated formula that ...

Beginning Nov. 1, more than 65,000 children will be at risk of losing access to Head Start, the federal early-learning program for low-income families. That's because federal funding for individual ...

As the government shutdown continues, several key programs are at risk. One of them is Head Start, the federal program that provides early childhood education, health and food support for low-income ...

Is this near five-decade commitment to give every child an opportunity to succeed in life worth the money? At a time when the federal government faces difficult fiscal choices, the question is ...