The program was targeted by Project 2025 as having "little or no academic value." That couldn't be further from the truth ...

The weekly Early Head Start home visits that track her nearly 1-year-old daughter’s developmental milestones double as “free therapy,” Cruz said, explaining that the visits lend her ...

Currently funded to serve 192 Head Start & Early Head Start children and families in Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, St. Francis & Woodruff Counties. Eastern Arkansas Administration Office 224 N ...

Cognitive development in children who attend Early Head Start and transition to Head Start is better than that of children kept at home. Head Start kids are more than ready for kindergarten when ...

Early Head Start programs actively support parents through various means. These programs empower parents as caregivers and ...

Head Start provides comprehensive pre-kindergarten services to children across a six-county area, serving 1,200 children in 17 centers. Niki Gemar, president of the Nebraska Head Start Association ...

FILE - Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in ...

Head Start is the poster child for public spending. The 60-year-old program and its newer offshoot, Early Head Start , currently provide preschool and child care for roughly 800,000 children in ...

COMMENTARY R.I.’s Head Start doesn’t just change lives, it builds futures With millions in federal funding at risk, Rhode Island could lose programs that service our most vulnerable children ...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Bucks County Intermediate Unit says its Head Start and Early Head Start programs are scheduled to close on May 31, amid uncertainty over federal funding.

LAEP staff and kids *Los Angeles, CA – For nearly six decades, Head Start has served as a cornerstone of support for millions of children and families across the nation, providing vital early ...

The U.S. needs to invest more in child care and Head Start and less in the military and war industries. Head Start and Early Head Start are particularly important to our nation’s welfare.