WASHINGTON — The government shutdown has hit day 21 after the Senate failed to advance a House-backed deal for the 11th time. Vulnerable families must brace themselves for a possible pause on two ...

Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length. More than 100 Head Start programs are in danger ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. One California Head Start program has closed and three others face imminent closure due to the federal government ...

NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of low-income children in Louisiana could lose access to early education and meals because of the ongoing government shutdown. Head Start provides free preschool, healthcare, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Come this weekend, the government shutdown could have harrowing effects for families. The National Head Start Association (NHSA) ...

Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs will be imperiled — potentially throwing tens of thousands of preschool children and their families into limbo — if the ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLEVELAND (WJW) — Now nearly a month into the federal government shutdown, families across Ohio will start feeling the greatest ...

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 ...