Jan 28, 2025 · Update as of 4:00 p.m. ET, January 28, 2025 – Following the release of additional guidance and clarification from the Office of Budget Management, Head Start agencies are not included in the list of federal grants and loans whose funds are frozen. Agencies have been able to access funds through the Payment Management System (PMS). Washington, D.C.—Last night, the Trump administration ...

20 hours ago · Head Start programs in 27 states have felt these sporadic funding freezes, many of them still feeling it. Those serve 20,000 kids and families, the affected programs.

1 day ago · The Trump administration said Head Start was exempt from its broad funding freeze, but funds for many programs are still delayed By Mark Lieberman — February 05, 2025 11 min read

2 days ago · The White House said Head Start programs shouldn’t have been affected by the freeze, and a judge blocked the action amid a legal challenge to the freeze.Still, more than 45 programs serving ...

2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start preschools serving thousands of children around the country could be at risk of closing because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President Donald Trump’s aborted effort to freeze federal grants.. Administrators around the country last week discovered they were locked out of a government website used ...

1 day ago · Over 50 Head Start programs around the country still can’t draw down federal funds, more than a week after the Trump administration officially rescinded the freeze on federal grants.

2 days ago · After Head Start providers in New York and across America were locked out of federal funding amid Trump’s federal funding freeze, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today revealed that a week later Head Start providers are now missing payments, facing delays and enduring severe technical issues with no end or clarity in sight.

Jan 28, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching directive, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation’s neediest families and children.. Across the country, staff trying to access Medicaid and Head Start funding through payment websites ...

1 day ago · Multiple Head Start programs were briefly denied access to their federal funds last week right after the Trump administration announced the funding freeze. Many were able to log in later the same ...

3 days ago · Head Start grants total about $12 billion annually, serving about 800,000 families with young children, meaning it’s a relatively small federal program. ... “They put a funding freeze on programs like Head Start and there was a massive outcry, and they’re continuing to try to fix it but they haven’t fixed it fully.” ...