NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — The ongoing government shutdown is sounding the alarm for 131 organizations across the country to issue a joint statement urging Congress to take action to protect the Head Start ...

New Albany’s Head Start program may be able to open again after the first of the year. “It is our goal to be open for families no later than February 2026,” Delta Health Alliance Vice-President of ...

Lynn said when she started with the program four years ago, just around 40 people showed up for services. Since then, the number has increased at least four times; in October, Fresh Start helped 180 ...

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LOWELL — Head Start is on the federal shutdown chopping block, and a coalition of leaders addressed the dire situation during a press conference Monday calling for an end to the government shutdown ...

One California Head Start program has closed and three others face imminent closure due to the federal government shutdown, affecting about 1,000 very-low-income children and 270 teachers. The ...

A federally funded Head Start child care program run by Encompass Community Services has temporarily closed due to the ongoing government shutdown, leaving 250 children without care and 91 staff ...

MOULTRIE – October was “Head Start Awareness Month” and, as the month came to a close, the ongoing government shut-down left many Head Start programs across the nation concerned as to whether they ...

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 ...

BATH (WGME) -- The government shutdown is now having a direct impact on Maine’s Head Start program. Head Start provides free education and meals to children from low-income families. Those free meals ...

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 ...

Pasadena, CA - April 18: Jessica Lepe Rodriguez, center, reads to children in the Early Head Start program at Pacific Clinics Early Head Start Center in Pasadena, Friday, April 18, 2025. Pacific ...