The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people.” ...

Children at The Playing Field, a Madison child care center that participates in the federal Head Start program. (Courtesy of The Playing Field) Head Start child care providers in Wisconsin and five ...

Head Start programs across the Northwest are grappling with uncertainty following the abrupt closure of the regional office that served Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska. On April 1, the U.S.

Yolanda Rubio, parent and teachers aid, plays with a child in the Early Head Start program at Pacific Clinics Head Start in Pasadena. Since President Trump took office in January, Head Start centers ...

As President Trump’s deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development and director of the Office of Head Start during his first term, I have seen firsthand the positive impact of his ...

A number of federal changes to the Office of Head Start this year are having local impacts. The federal Head Start program provides early childhood education and wraparound services to qualifying ...

The Seattle Office of Head Start has been closed and all employees there have been placed on leave and notified they’ll be terminated, part of a massive wave of layoffs at the U.S. Department of ...

The Washington office representing federal Head Start child care for families in poverty is suing Trump administration officials responsible for the program in the wake of sporadic grant freezes and ...

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SEATTLE, Wash - Washington State Association of Head Start joined similar programs from Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois and Pennsylvania in a lawsuit filed Monday in the Western District of Washington. It ...