2 days ago · The White House said Head Start programs shouldn’t have been affected by the freeze, and a judge blocked the action amid a legal challenge to the freeze.Still, more than 45 programs serving ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Update as of 4:00 p.m. ET, January 28, 2025 – Following the release of additional guidance and clarification from the Office of Budget Management, Head Start agencies are not included in the list of federal grants and loans whose funds are frozen. Agencies have been able to access funds through the Payment Management System (PMS). Washington, D.C.—Last night, the Trump administration ...

2 days ago · The Trump administration said Head Start was exempt from its broad funding freeze, but funds for many programs are still delayed By Mark Lieberman — February 05, 2025 11 min read

3 days ago · Leaders of dozens of Head Start preschools said they might need to close temporarily because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President Donald Trump’s aborted effort to freeze federal grants.

1 day ago · Over 50 Head Start programs around the country still can’t draw down federal funds, more than a week after the Trump administration officially rescinded the freeze on federal grants.

1 day ago · After Donald Trump's, now rescinded, potentially illegal, federal funding freeze Head Start programs are having trouble access funds.

2 days ago · Head Start preschools serving thousands of children around the country could be at risk of closing because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week ...

2 days ago · KENT COUNTY, MI - In the midst of a contested federal funding freeze authorized by President Donald Trump’s administration, head start programs - or those providing early education and family ...

3 days ago · More than 1,600 local Head Start organizations around the country receive Department of Health and Human Services grants to provide early education and other services to families with young children. The organizations get approved for funding annually but draw down the money as needed in a piecemeal fashion.

Jan 28, 2025 · The funding freeze was temporarily halted by a federal judge late Tuesday, but the disruption showed how reliant programs serving the most vulnerable Americans are on the federal government.