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.

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 ...

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 ...

Ahlfield said the Alaska Head Start Association heard the news of the regional office closure on March 31 second-hand, and had no direct notice or further direction from federal officials.. That ...

Summit County Head Start employees say they remain hopeful as their regional office remains open amid federally mandated closure of regional offices across the country serving areas around Boston ...

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 ...

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 employee hoped Morgan, who heads up TEAM, Inc, a nonprofit that runs 56 Head Start classrooms, might soon have a new contact with another office, but no further details were provided.

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 ...