head start

Sen. Ron Wyden delivered a strongly worded letter to Trump’s top child welfare appointee this week, arguing the administration’s actions are “corrupting the nation’s premier child welfare agency.”

As the federal government shutdown stretches into a second month, working poor parents suddenly have no child care for their toddlers.

With the federal government shutdown barrelling toward a Nov. 1 “fiscal cliff,” state, local and tribal leaders are issuing urgent warnings that millions of families will soon be unable to meet basic needs.

Among the Health and Human Services programs under threat from the Trump Administration's cuts is the family safety net program, Head Start.

To really help families with child welfare experience, we must build trust, listen without agenda and commit to making family-driven changes.

Michael Ambrose Sr., a longtime official at the U.S. Children’s Bureau, was remembered in Washington, D.C., earlier this month as a man who had trekked to many of the nation’s great physical heights in search of adventure, yet remained decidedly down to earth during his 82 years.

The federal government is hoping to improve the quality of local Head Start agencies’ programs by refining how it determines when grantees are falling short and must be thrown into competition for ongoing funding.

Just days after being impeached by the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill for 2020 that includes hundreds of millions in funding to assist states with a recent overhaul of federal child welfare financing.

President Donald Trump released his 2020 spending proposal, dubbed “A Budget for a Better America,” late last week. On Monday, the Office of Management and Budget and various cabinet agencies released the fine print.