When food stamp benefits faced a cutoff, nonprofit groups and local governments filed lawsuits, winning court orders requiring the resumption of payments. And when military troops risked having to ...

Head Start programming for about 60,000 children is at risk if the federal government shutdown continues into November, leaders of the National Head Start Association and its state chapters say. On ...

Some Head Start early childhood programs are being told by the federal government to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied. That's ...

Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs will be imperiled — potentially throwing tens of thousands of preschool children and their families into limbo — if the ...

Toddlers play at a Head Start-supported family daycare in New Haven, Connecticut. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

Kids enjoying playground fun and making new friends at Woodland Early Learning Center, in a provided photo. Caleb Kemboi / Educational Opportunities for Children and Families The families of 186 ...

In February, Hamilton was referred to Healthy Start through Prisma Health’s Maternal Fetal Medicine program. Through Healthy ...

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 shutdown, leaving many ...

The ruling halts a Trump administration directive that would have excluded certain immigrant children from Head Start, a program serving families who are eligible nationwide. The decision ensures ...

Head Start is celebrating its 60th year, but the program has faced funding disruptions, a federal government shutdown and ...