Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Come this weekend, the government shutdown could have harrowing effects for families. The National Head Start Association (NHSA) ...

Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs will be imperiled — potentially throwing tens of thousands of preschool children and their families into limbo — if the ...

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 shutdown, leaving many ...

When food stamp benefits faced a cutoff, nonprofit groups and local governments filed lawsuits, winning court orders requiring the resumption of payments. And when military troops risked having to ...

Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a ...