Five regional offices for Head Start were closed Tuesday as part of a workforce reduction at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the National Head Start Association.

Head Start staff and advocates launched a nationwide campaign to save the program, which Trump eliminated in his budget draft. ... Amid a 10,000-employee workforce reduction, ...

We have a long way to go in the budget process, and Head Start funding could still be reduced.” Cuts would impact child care, jobs. California Head Start programs expect to receive $1.5 billion in ...

But in early April, an even bigger bombshell hit: The federal Department of Health and Human Services announced massive staff reductions that included abruptly closing five of the 10 regional ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Albina Head Start is challenging a recent federal court ruling that could threaten the future of the Portland-based early education program, according to AHS.This stems from a ...

Five regional offices for Head Start were closed Tuesday as part of a workforce reduction at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the National Head Start Association.

Amid a 10,000-employee workforce reduction, the agency closed half of its regional centers, ... An HHS ban on public communications has prevented Head Start staff from getting clarity on funding.

Head Start, launched in 1965, served about 800,000 children last year, including 83,000 in California. Originally a preschool, the program now serves children from birth through age 5.