The Region 5 office oversaw Head Start programs in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Local concerns Mary Trucks, FiveCap executive director, said the closure of the ...

The Trump administration’s decision to close a regional Head Start office in Chicago this week has raised questions about how the program, which serves more than 28,000 children and low-income ...

LANSING — Michigan Head Start Association announced that the Region 5 Office of Head Start was abruptly closed and all of the federal staff were placed on administrative leave. The association ...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has reversed course on a proposal to cut all funding for Head Start, a preschool and child-care program relied on by hundreds of thousands of low-income ...

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ABRUPTLY CLOSING FIVE OF 12 REGIONAL OFFICES SERVING HEAD START BACK IN APRIL. THAT HAS LED TO A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, A LOT OF CONFUSION, NOT KNOWING WHO ...

Head Start programs in New Jersey are continuing to offer child care and early education after the Trump administration closed the regional office that serves New Jersey. The U.S. Department of ...

“That represents about 35% to 40% of the federal workforce at these regional offices that are supporting Head Start programs each and every day that has led to a lot of uncertainty, a lot of ...

In the region, 336 children are federally funded through Head Start. But it’s not just preschool services they provide. The program makes sure kids are up to date on medical needs, such as ...