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Lynn said when she started with the program four years ago, just around 40 people showed up for services. Since then, the number has increased at least four times; in October, Fresh Start helped 180 ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Governor Ned Lamont joined other officials Thursday to announce up to 1,000 new spaces being added to the Early Start CT program in January. The program is a state-funded ...

LOWELL — Head Start is on the federal shutdown chopping block, and a coalition of leaders addressed the dire situation during a press conference Monday calling for an end to the government shutdown ...

PITTSFIELD — More than half of the families enrolled in Berkshire County Head Start rely on federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — and with benefits lapsing, families are ...

The organization that runs Lehigh Valley’s Head Start programs has spent more than $2 million to keep classroom doors open during the ongoing state budget impasse. Meanwhile, a Carbon County Head ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A northeast Indiana school superintendent on Tuesday said the only thing his Head Start students and staff can do is wait for the federal government to reopen. Fremont Community ...

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 ...

FARGO — Nearly 500 children in North Dakota could lose access to free education, meals and child care in December if the federal government shutdown continues. Head Start childhood development ...

One California Head Start program has closed and three others face imminent closure due to the federal government shutdown, affecting about 1,000 very-low-income children and 270 teachers. The ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Around 17,000 children in Arizona are currently enrolled in Head Start programs. But funding uncertainty amid the ongoing government shutdown threatens to disrupt the help the ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Now nearly a month into the federal government shutdown, families across Ohio will start feeling the greatest impact starting this weekend. Funding will end for several federal ...