The Trump administration is barring undocumented immigrant children from Head Start child care, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Head Start serves 73,476 ...

A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop discouraging the use of words like “Black” and “disability” in grant applications, the Associated Press ...

For 60 years, Head Start has provided child care for the most vulnerable children in the United States with little controversy. This report was first published by The 19th. The Illuminator is a ...

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

Local Head Start sites that provide early childhood education, child care and other services are ramping up for the start of a new school year on Aug. 18 despite uncertainty over possible federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Fresno poverty-fighting organization that administers the Head Start program nearly had to pay back more than $8 million in ...

MANKATO — Head Start parent and family advocate Mari Blesi has two kids enrolled in the program that offers preschool services primarily to low-income families. But her journey with the organization ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Officials at the YMCA of Greater Kansas City said Monday they are winding down their four Head Start programs across the area. In a statement to KSHB 41 News, the nonprofit said ...

RICHMOND — As California preschoolers enjoy spring break, many Head Start providers say they’re feeling some relief — at least for the moment. A controversial spending deal ironed out by Congress will ...

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 ...