Planning for holiday gatherings can be exciting for the family. But for caregivers, it can also be a time of burnout.

On average, 42.4 million people in 22.7 million households received monthly SNAP benefits through the first eight months of the 2025 fiscal year.

Hundreds more Connecticut families will have access to free or reduced price early childhood education and childcare in January, state officials said Thursday, under the Early Start CT program.

The ongoing stalemate over federal government funding in Washington is putting an essential safety net for low-income families with young children in limbo. Four Minnesota providers of Head Start, a ...

Kids enjoying playground fun and making new friends at Woodland Early Learning Center, in a provided photo. Caleb Kemboi / Educational Opportunities for Children and Families The families of 186 ...

POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR HEAD START PROGRAMS TODAY IN ORDER TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE GREAT AMERICANS, AND THAT STARTS WITH HEAD START. SOME HEAD START PROGRAMS, THE FEDERALLY FUNDED ...

The early childhood program Head Start is facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown. Some Head Start educators are already working without pay, ...

Head Start programming for about 60,000 children is at risk if the federal government shutdown continues into November, leaders of the National Head Start Association and its state chapters say. On ...

Sidikie Kamara stands in front of the Bright Center.(Courtesy Sidikie Kamara/Bright Center) Many states have been tightening Medicaid payouts and one adult day care in Northern Virginia said ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Early Head Start program under Durham's Partnership for Children is not immediately impacted by the government shutdown, but there's grave concern that the program won't be ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Head Start programs in Massachusetts are at risk as the government shutdown enters its 21st day, threatening the federal funding that supports these essential services. The ...