President Lyndon B. Johnson launched Head Start six decades ago as part of his War on Poverty. The program provides early ...

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The Trump administration has followed through on its promise to gut the Head Start program. Since April, it has slashed 60% ...

The $1.4 billion budget approved by senators is 3% less than current levels, could lead to job losses, preschool closures, ...

Title I and IDEA funding could be caught up in the battle between the White House and the largest state, which is led by Democrats.

The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies ...

While the Trump administration appeared poised to eliminate or seriously cut funding for Head Start, as reported in the article, “Trump Allies Say the Case for Head Start Is Weak. Researchers ...

The federal preschool program also supports infants up to age 3 in home-based child care centers. Funding levels are still in flux under the Trump administration’s proposed year one budget.

Head Start was founded 60 years ago as a critical tool in the War on Poverty. It now serves about 750,000 children nationally from infancy until kindergarten, with 28,000 in Illinois.

Later in the spring, the administration abruptly pulled funding from regional Head Start centers that offer resources, support and oversight for Head Start providers.. Several weeks ago, it appeared ...

Over $7 million in federal Head Start funding will be released to PEACE, Inc. to continue providing early childhood education and family services to nearly 1,000 Central New York children and famil… ...