Layoffs in the Office of Head Start, a federal early childhood education program for low-income families, are leaving local child care providers feeling untethered. “It's like cutting off the ...

The Region 5 office oversaw Head Start programs in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Local concerns. Mary Trucks, FiveCap executive director, said the closure of the ...

The Chicago office's closure affects Head Start operations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to a news release.

The Bucks County Head Start provider that faced a potential shutdown of its programs earlier this spring has received a ...

Head Start programs in New Jersey are continuing to offer child care and early education after the Trump administration closed the regional office that serves New Jersey.

The federal government has distributed $1.6 billion for Head Start from Jan. 1 through Tuesday, compared with $2.55 billion issued during the same period last year, according to the office of Sen ...

The Trump administration’s decision to close a regional Head Start office in Chicago this week has raised questions about how the program, which serves more than 28,000 children and low-income ...

When she heard that the regional Head Start program’s office had closed, she was “terrified.” “It’s very scary to wake up every morning and not know (if I’ll have child care), your ...

The regional Office of Child Care in Chicago – which, like Head Start, operates under HHS’ Administration for Children and Families – also closed Tuesday, said Ruth Friedman, who was ...

Wisconsin Head Start programs have received $36 million less in federal funding this year compared to the same period last year. Funding delays and office closures are causing uncertainty and ...

Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal money compared with this time last year — and a lag in funding this week has caused some preschool classrooms ...