RADFORD, Va. – The Head Start program has been in the New River Valley for 60 years. “If she did not have this year in Head Start, I don’t think she would be ready for kindergarten,” said Tiffany ...

Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center in Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey ...

Late this Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services — now run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — announced that five regional administrative offices for Head Start’s early education and day care ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Head Start program directors and families are deeply concerned over a Trump administration proposal to cut its funding completely.