Head Start programming for about 60,000 children is at risk if the federal government shutdown continues into November, leaders of the National Head Start Association and its state chapters say. On ...
Head Start programs are facing closures due to a federal funding lapse amid the government shutdown. The shutdown affects nearly 65,000 children and over 22,000 staff nationwide in Head Start.
Late this Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services — now run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — announced that five regional administrative offices for Head Start’s early education and day care ...