The Trump administration is barring undocumented immigrant children from Head Start child care, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Head Start serves 73,476 ...

A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop discouraging the use of words like “Black” and “disability” in grant applications, the Associated Press ...

Local Head Start sites that provide early childhood education, child care and other services are ramping up for the start of a new school year on Aug. 18 despite uncertainty over possible federal ...

When Jessica Fullilove enrolled her 4-year-old son at Geminus Head Start-St. Mark Early Learning Academy in Glen Park, she expected a strong educational foundation. But the staff went far beyond that.

FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Fresno poverty-fighting organization that administers the Head Start program nearly had to pay back more than $8 million in ...

The federal Head Start program that provides infants, toddlers, and young children of nearly 600 low-income families in Santa Barbara County with free child care, early education, medical care, and ...

WASHINGTON -- 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, ...

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 ...

As Leon County Schools (LCS) partners with Head Start to move into five more elementary schools, district leaders are ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Officials at the YMCA of Greater Kansas City said Monday they are winding down their four Head Start programs across the area. In a statement to KSHB 41 News, the nonprofit said ...