Southern Poverty Law Center1d
Head Start, a lifeline for families with children, faces federal funding cuts
Thousands of low-income families would face life-changing circumstances if the program that provides comprehensive services ...
Save the Children2y
Giving Children a Head Start
Head Start is a federally funded program that provides no cost comprehensive services to pregnant women and children ages birth to 5 and their families who: Meet income eligibility requirements Have ...
Four Head Start programs to close in May, affecting over 300 children and staff
The YMCA of Greater Kansas City will shut down four Head Start centers in May, impacting 301 children and dozens of staff.
Opinion
Marshall Independent12dOpinion
What do you know about Head Start?
What do you know about Head Start? Head Start is a federally funded program that emerged from President Lyndon B.Johnson’s War on Poverty in 1965. Head Start is a federally funded program providing ...
Project 2025 would end early education program for low-income Americans
Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, warned that Project 2025, a conservative ...
Rep. Himes pledges to protect Head Start from cuts amid federal funding uncertainty
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes pledged to work to protect Head Start programs in Connecticut from federal funding cuts during a visit ...
The Fresno Bee16d
Fresno Head Start to end services at several sites due to enrollment declines. Here’s where
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 ...
Cleveland.com9d
Head Start in Ohio: 33,465 children benefit as program faces uncertainty
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An estimated 33,465 Ohio children attended Head Start in the 2023-2024 school year, according to a new report released amid potential federal cuts. The Big Ten Early Learning ...