Daily Inter Lake

Giving kids a Head Start: Program that supports learning and development faces challenges in its 60th year

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 ...
Yahoo

Rural Americans rely on Head Start. Federal turmoil has them worried

TROY, Ohio — For almost as long as she’s been a mother, Sara Laughlin has known where she could turn for help in this western Ohio town 20 miles north of Dayton. For years, the local Head Start ...
Wane

Federal government shutdown puts Head Start programs at risk

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The ongoing federal government shutdown is putting Head Start programs at risk nationwide, particularly those starting their fiscal year on Nov. 1, which may face funding ...
Yahoo

States, donors and schools scramble to keep Head Start centers open — for now

Advocates who urged the Oregon legislature to increase child care funding in January 2024 hung onesies and other children’s clothes on a tent outside the Capitol in Salem. Officials in Oregon and ...
WBUR

Some Head Start programs still closed, days after shutdown ends

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 ...