Head Start helps to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty ... “My staff is operating on a shoestring — if one staff member calls in sick, I will likely have to close the classroom that day ...

We equip our teachers with research-based curriculums and classroom materials that help stimulate young minds and activate little hands and bodies. As one of a few multi-state Head Start providers in ...

"We can't set a bunch of money aside. I wish we could, I wish we had a secret stash, but we don't," said Kelly Neidel, ...

Some providers of pre-K and child care have waited more than a week for federal reimbursements that typically arrive in 24 ...

Despite a temporary block on the federal freeze of loans and grants, many Head Start childcare programs continue to face ...

Head Start is a national anti-poverty program for children from families living below the national poverty line. Much of the program is focused on providing preschool for 4-year-olds and support for ...

Teacher Dometila Casillas leads her class in song and dance during a Head Start preschool program in Sacramento on Jan. 8, 2024. A change in income-eligibility standards means that more families ...

“And if Head Start’s not available, it just causes panic. People worry about their jobs ’cause they can’t show up," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer noted on Wednesday. "So this is ...

Last week, Trump pulled back the across-the-board "freeze" on all federal grants and loans, but despite the alleged "unfreezing," reports are streaming in from various states that money for Head Start ...