WASHINGTON (AP) — The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office. Trump's administration announced it would freeze federal grants — the primary funding for the early ...

Early childhood educators with the federal Head Start program nationwide are experiencing a fresh round of funding delays and administrative headaches, with some providers left with no option but to ...

As the Trump administration weighs wiping out funding for Head Start, one question looms large in debates over the program’s future: Does it work? A draft of President Donald Trump’s pending budget ...

Wisconsin Head Start programs are still struggling to recover from the federal freeze on grants and loans ordered by President Donald Trump on Jan. 28. As of Thursday, Wisconsin Head Start Association ...

A federal judge on Thursday issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against a directive from the Trump administration banning children who lack permanent legal status from enrolling in Head Start.

Conservatives are right to want to rein — or even eliminate — a Department of Education they describe as bloated, ideological and ineffective. However, that battle plays out, eliminating Head Start ...

Each day after outside play time, preschool teacher Dometila Casillas sits her classroom of 3- to 5-year-olds down on a rug to read a story together. Wednesday, she read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” ...

The Trump administration closed five out of 10 regional Head Start offices last week, claiming $1.8 billion in annual budget savings. Last week, the Trump administration laid off all staff in the ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — A group of nonprofits is suing the Trump administration over what they say are unlawful attacks on Head Start, a federally funded program that provides family support services to ...

EdSource · Fresno Unified and teachers union join forces to put a roof over families' heads Fresno Unified and teachers union join forces to put a roof over families’ heads March 26, 2026 - Fresno ...

Child Care Associates is resuming Head Start programming. The federal government confirmed June 30 grant funding for the upcoming school year — a move that also allows Tarrant County’s largest early ...

MADISON (WKOW) – Six Wisconsin head start programs remain without access to federal funding despite a federal judge’s order to the contrary, according to the Wisconsin Head Start Association and the ...