The program was launched 60 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson and serves hundreds of children in Marion and Polk counties.

Donald Trump's federal budget proposal did not include cuts to Head Start, but supporters of the early education program are ...

LCC is waiting on approval of its 2025-2026 grant application, and Leasure said there is concern about whether it will be ...

Uncertainty remains for teachers and families across the nation who rely on Head Start programs – after the Trump ...

Jace was one of several toddlers Friday playing make believe, calculating animal shapes, coloring or pushing around a tiny ...

First came the executive order to temporarily freeze all federal financial ... their members of Congress to plead for continued funding. Head Start centers have fought for their lives in the ...

Head Start programs have received federal funding and mostly bipartisan support ... for weeks after the Trump administration’s federal freeze at the end of January, with one program in Aurora ...

Bright morning sun is streaming through the windows of Sandra Dill's New Haven, Connecticut, home as she reads a picture book about penguins to a room full of busy toddlers. While listening, the ...

She said current DOGE efforts — including a short-lived spending freeze right ... current and future funding. “It’s chaotic,” she said. Mauer and other Head Start backers say the program ...

SEATTLE, Wash. – The Washington State agency overseeing Head Start child care has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The agency claims its grants have been periodically frozen in ...

Soon after, a clarification was sent, and ultimately a complete rescission, stating Head Start programs nationwide would not be affected by the funding freeze. While federal funding for Head Start ...

Seven years ago, the Head Start program solved Priscilla Bahena’s child care dilemma, allowing the 21-year-old mom without parents or a partner the ability to work and support herself and her ...