Head Start preschool programs may close across the country later this week because of the federal government shutdown. The National Head Start Association - a non-profit that provides early learning ...

FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

Even though the government has reopened, Head Start early learning programs across the U.S. are still not fully up and running. While most classrooms are open, 140 Head Start programs — some ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Thousands of Ohio Head Start children – about 3,700 – risk losing services if the federal government shutdown continues through Nov. 1. The impact could mean working parents that rely ...

Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs will be imperiled — potentially throwing tens of thousands of preschool children and their families into limbo — if the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia’s Head Start programs remain open amid the wave of closures across the country, triggered by the ongoing government shutdown. According to the Virginia Head Start ...

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 ...

Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length. More than 100 Head Start programs are in danger ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve more than 58,000 of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...