A government shutdown looked increasingly likely on Saturday as the midnight deadline approached. It would have serious consequences for key programs that poor and disadvantaged families and children ...

Head Start was founded 60 years ago to help America’s poorest families break the cycle of poverty. Now, it’s one of many federal programs that the Trump administration wants to reduce or cut ...

Four Head Start programs serving nearly 1,000 of California’s most vulnerable children will not receive their annual federal funding on Saturday because of the U.S. government shutdown. One of the ...

Tens of thousands of children and families could be affected by dozens of Head Start programs potentially closing if the federal government shutdown extends past Nov. 1. About 134 programs across 41 ...

Sitting at a blueberry blue table in a Head Start classroom in Pullman, Mich., about an hour south of Grand Rapids, preschool teacher Julie Beck helps a little girl draw a rainbow with crayons. Nearby ...

If you miss the deadline for Fresh Start, you can consolidate your federal loans or initiate the process of rehabilitation. As BLACK ENTERPRISE previously reported, the Fresh Start Program was ...

The impacts of the federal shutdown are expected to grow exponentially this week. Children in the Head Start program play outside with lead teacher Genesis Lavanway at the Arthur M. Blank Early ...

Head Start has faced a series of escalating threats under the Trump administration. A recent administration budget proposal calls for a complete termination of the 60-year-old program. Eliminating the ...

Dozens of Head Start programs nationwide — including at least six in California — have experienced delays in accessing government money for payroll and expenses in the week since the Trump ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- People struggling to find work or a place to live because of a past criminal felony charge may now have the opportunity to get their records sealed. The Fresh Start program, ...

Kansas City, Mo. – The YMCA of Greater Kansas City is shutting down its Head Start program. “The Y has been honored to operate Head Start programs for the past 20 years,” the association said.

A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump Administration’s plan to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding. However, dozens of Head Start programs say they still can’t access their money, ...