The Trump administration's temporary freeze on federal funds for the Head Start early education program for low-income children was illegal, a non-partisan government watchdog concluded in a report ...

Chalkbeat reports that undocumented children will no longer qualify for Head Start preschool under a Trump administration ...

More than 20 Democratic attorneys general on Monday sued to block a Trump administration policy that bars migrants living in ...

The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program, the Department of Health and Human Services announced ...

The uncertainty is making Head Start employees nervous. “I think we have a very dedicated staff, who put their heart and soul into working in this program,” said Karen Griffith, deputy director at ...

Head Start teachers make an average $38,500. The pay and physically and emotionally exhausting work, are big reasons turnover is so high.

Teacher Grismairi Amparo works with a student at a Head Start program run by Easterseals South Florida, which gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, on Jan. 29, 2025 in Miami.

Head Start, created in 1965, is intended to provide disadvantaged children a pre-school boost. But before now, no one knew whether the program, after a total taxpayer investment exceeding $170 ...

The Head Start center in North Park has taken good care of her 2-year-old son, who was born premature and has additional health needs. Peabody’s family would not be able to afford child care for ...

Head Start is administered though the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and “promotes school readiness for children in low-income families by offering educational, nutritional, health ...

Head Start was founded 60 years ago as a critical tool in the War on Poverty. It now serves about 750,000 children nationally from infancy until kindergarten, with 28,000 in Illinois.