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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants, less than ...

Across the country, staff trying to access Medicaid and Head Start funding through payment websites Tuesday morning were locked out, leaving some scrambling to figure out how they would cover payroll ...

The White House blamed an "outage" for locking out a wide range of organizations and agencies on Tuesday from the online systems responsible for drawing down federal health dollars. Multiple state ...

Across the country, staff trying to access Medicaid and Head Start funding through payment websites were locked out, leaving some scrambling to figure out how they would cover payroll and pay vendors ...

Due to the Executive Order signed by President Trump on January 27, 2025, we have to close all of our Head Start sites and services until further notice. CACS Head Start will inform families if ...

A federal funding freeze from the Trump administration is creating widespread confusion among government and state programs, including Head Start schools ... clear how the block will impact ...

The online system that distributes federal money to Head Start programs warned providers of upcoming delays Tuesday morning, apparently because of the Trump administration’s sweeping review of federal ...

Preschool centers struggled to obtain reimbursements from the federal program known as Head Start, putting some child-care services at financial risk. A web portal that housing providers use to ...

Congress should adopt the policies in the Head Start Improvement Act, which would shift control to states, local officials, and parents. By replacing the current program with block grants and ...

Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP/Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images/Martin Schutt/AP Head Start has been something of a sacred cow in Washington since its creation in 1965. The $12.3 billion federal ...