Nine Michigan early child care and education programs, supporting close to 3,000 young kids, are at risk of losing the funds they need to stay open as the federal government shutdown rolls on. Head ...

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 ...

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 ...