Head Start is a federally funded program that provides no cost comprehensive services to pregnant women and children ages birth to 5 and their families who: Meet income eligibility requirements Have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Early Head Start is a comprehensive child development program serving poverty-level pregnant women and families with children aged 0-3. The home visiting program consists of one 1-1/2 hour home visit ...