Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LANSING Mich. (WLNS) – People are looking for answers as Head Start programs throughout Mid-Michigan were closed on Wednesday due ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve more than 58,000 of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

Programs that provide pre-K instruction and day-care services for tens of thousands of children from low-income families cannot secure crucial federal money Congress approved for them months ...

When President Lyndon B. Johnson launched Head Start 61 years ago, he called it one of the most constructive and sensible ...

Even though the government has reopened, Head Start early learning programs across the U.S. are still not fully up and running. While most classrooms are open, 140 Head Start programs — some ...

For many families, summer often means scoping out childcare options while parents continue to work. Some families ...

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 of Head ...

Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center in Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey ...

School readiness program prepares young children for kindergarten Children from over 13,500 Escambia County families have been enrolled in Head Start since 1965 Families are also connected with ...

If federal funds are not distributed soon, the program could lose additional employees and face possible closure, affecting ...