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 ...

Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a ...

FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

Many Head Start programs across the country won't open their doors on Monday. Nearly 65,000 children in Head Start programs nationwide may lose access in the coming days after missing their November 1 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve more than 58,000 of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

The early childhood program Head Start is facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown. Some Head Start educators are already working without pay, ...

Some Iowa Head Start programs providing child care and early childhood education could be impacted if the federal government shutdown continues into November. Pictured are children at the Downtown ...

About 134 programs could be affected in 41 states and Puerto Rico. Tens of thousands of children and families could be affected by dozens of Head Start programs potentially closing if the federal ...

The impacts of the federal shutdown are expected to grow exponentially this week. Children in the Head Start program play outside with lead teacher Genesis Lavanway at the Arthur M. Blank Early ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo Public Schools announced Wednesday the district is pausing most of its Head Start and Early Childhood Education programs as part of the fallout of the government shutdown.