Head Start helps to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty — children who attend ... “My staff is operating on a shoestring — if one staff member calls in sick, I will likely have to close the ...

Head Start is a national anti-poverty program for children from families living below the national poverty line. Much of the program is focused on providing preschool for 4-year-olds and support for ...

Teacher Dometila Casillas leads her class in song and dance during a Head Start preschool program in Sacramento on Jan. 8, 2024. A change in income-eligibility standards means that more families ...