WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Education, child care and nutrition services for tens of thousands of young American children will begin to be cut off on Saturday, as Republicans and Democrats in ...

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, a ...

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 ...

Head Start could face further disruptions in November if the government is not reopened, according to the National Head Start Association (NHSA). The federally funded program provides early childhood ...

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 ...

Head Start program will continue to serve working class families after Dec. 1, despite the status of a $7.6 million federal grant being unknown Program serves 469 children in Escambia County. Another ...

The ongoing stalemate over federal government funding in Washington is putting an essential safety net for low-income families with young children in limbo. Four Minnesota providers of Head Start, a ...

As the government shutdown continues, several key programs are at risk. One of them is Head Start, the federal program that provides early childhood education, health and food support for low-income ...

What policy issue can a progressive Democrat representing Silicon Valley and a Republican representing the most conservative district in the far north of the state agree on in these hyper-partisan ...

Teachers of some of New Jersey's most vulnerable young children could start seeing layoff notices soon if the federal shutdown carries on much longer. That is a serious concern for the head of the New ...

Preschool children in teacher Maria Sardina's class play on the playground at Northwest Montana Head Start in Kalispell on Tuesday, Oct. 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Head Start has a historic ...

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 ...