Program operators have struggled to draw down routine funding, and puzzled over how to comply with confusing policy ...

The Trump administration's temporary freeze on federal funds for the Head Start early education program for low-income children was illegal, a non-partisan government watchdog concluded in a report ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has determined that another element of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ...

The Health and Human Services Department illegally withheld payments from Head Start for the first months of President Donald Trump’s term, a government watchdog reported last Wednesday.

The GAO found that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees Head Start, broke the law by withholding previously approved funds for the program between January and mid-April.

Supporters of Head Start are worried about the program’s future as it faces Trump administration calls for budgetary cuts ahead of the next school year. The free, federally funded program for ...

The GAO found the administration’s actions were also inconsistent with the Head Start Act, which also requires funds to be disbursed. HHS administers Head Start.

Other preschool programs still at risk Though Head Start appears to be spared from Trump's crusade against government spending, other preschool and after-school programs may be in jeopardy as the ...

Head Start, a federal early childhood education program, celebrated its 60th birthday Monday — and the YMCA of Metro Atlanta threw it a party. The YMCA, which is Georgia’s largest provider of ...