The ambitious early-childhood program launched in 1965 as part of the War on Poverty is going through dramatic—and sometimes painful—changes, while continuing to pursue its mission.

Launched in 1964, Head Start's mission has been to improve the school readiness of low-income children through education, health and nutritional services.

Unfortunately, Head Start’s unassailable mission has been the cross its presumed beneficiaries have had to bear for lo these past 48 years. How so? From the program’s inception in 1965, ...

The Administration for Children and Families and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granted the Bucks County Intermediate Unit funding for ...

Yasmina Vinci, the executive director of the National Head Start Association, an advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start explains that Head Start’s mission has always been to “to ...

The inaugural Washtenaw County Head Start Awareness Award honored a trio of people who follow the “Head Start” program’s mission in their everyday work, said Teresa Harrington, WISD Head ...

President Donald Trump's administration is proposing a ban on federally funded programs for anyone who can’t show legal ...

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to “dismantle” Head Start programs in Illinois and across the country has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf ...

Thanks to Lynn and the rest of our Head Start team, we are well-positioned to continue our mission of assisting children and families for many years to come.” Reach Bill O’Boyle at 570-991 ...

The mission of the UAB Early Head Start Program is to form partnerships with families to support child development and family goals. Through continuous staff development and in collaboration with the ...

Thousands of children have been helped by the Enid Head Start program as it enters its 26th year. The program began 26 years ago with 54 students at the Carver Center. Since then, more than 2,000 ...

Sep. 19—WILKES-BARRE — In announcing her decision on Thursday to retire as executive director of Luzerne County Head Start after 46 years, Lynn Biga said they have been "the best years of my ...