Despite bipartisan support, federal funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs appeared to be in jeopardy this ...

In Ohio, more than 21,000 Head Start parents are employed, in school, or in a job training program and could not do so without Head Start services, said Ohio Head Start Association Inc. Executive ...

Launched in 1965 as a comprehensive child development program, Head Start operates in all 50 states and has provided child care to more than 38 million children and their families over the last 60 ...

Layoffs in the Office of Head Start, a federal early childhood education program for low-income families, are leaving local child care providers feeling untethered. “It's like cutting off the ...

For local parents like Laura Flores, Head Start is much more than just a preschool. “This program is very special for me because my son, Belen, didn’t talk at all before he started. Now, Belen ...