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Head Start Features
- Head Start avoids Trump’s cuts, but advocates are ready to defend it: ‘There’s too much good in this’ May 7, 2025 Sara Murphy
- Jennifer Garner steps up for Head Start program May 5, 2025 Morning Joe
- NHSA Improves Access to Early Childhood Education Credentials With Articulate Localization and Rise April 30, 2025
- Can we afford the cost of cutting Head Start? April 30, 2025 Jamie Lackey
- Kids on Campus Initiative Shows Strong Progress in Connecting Head Start and Community Colleges April 28, 2025 Walter Hudson
- Head Start will continue at Powhatan Public Schools, despite prior announcement April 25, 2025
- With Head Start in jeopardy, Trump administration threatens child care for 800,000 kids April 23, 2025 Jenny Gold
- What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Missing About Autism | Opinion April 22, 2025 By Newsweek Staff
- Here’s why Trump’s plan to gut Head Start will hurt you, even if you don’t have kids April 22, 2025
- Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next. April 21, 2025 Claire Woodcock
OP-EDS
Trump is right about the Department of Education but wrong about Head Start | April 26, 2025
Over 15,000 children are enrolled in Head Start in Wisconsin. We must act now to save it. | April 27, 2025
Head Start is a lifeline, a launchpad for success. Tell Trump to save it | Opinion | April 27, 2025
I was a Head Start kid. I’m devastated by Trump’s attempts to gut it. | Opinion | July 7, 2025
NHSA PRESS RELEASES
NHSA Statement on Multistate Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Head Start Vaccine and Mask Interim Final Rule with Comments (IFC), Louisiana and 23 other states are suing the Biden administration. The IFC…
NHSA Sounds Alarm to Secretary Becerra on Vaccine and Mask Mandate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of our response to the Head Start Vaccine and Mask Interim Final Rule with Comments (IFC), NHSA sent a letter to the U.S. Department of…
Head Start celebrates Build Back Better House vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After months of discussion and negotiation, NHSA applauds the House of Representatives for passage of the Build Back Better Act earlier today. The bill makes several critical…
Build Back Better Framework is a Historic Investment in Head Start, Early Education
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Biden released a revised framework of the Build Back Better Act, including a transformative $400 billion investment in universal preschool and child care. The $1.75 trillion…
NHSA welcomes substantial investment from Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Head Start Association (NHSA) resoundingly applauds Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for the proposed increases in federal funding for Head Start in the…
Joint Letter Urging OHS to Leverage Flexibility
Washington, D.C. – The National Head Start Association (NHSA), in collaboration with the National Indian Head Start Directors’ Association (NIHSDA) and the National Migrant/Seasonal Head Start Association (NMSHSA), and all…
NHSA applauds investments for Head Start in House reconciliation bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Head Start Association (NHSA) welcomed substantial increases in federal funding for Head Start proposed in the House Committee on Education and Labor’s 289-page portion of…
NHSA discusses ECE workforce crisis with HHS Secretary Becerra
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As early education programs look to reopen for the new school year, they are facing a workforce crisis. Quality, qualified staff are hard to come by and, in…
Head Start Mourns the Passing of Former Senator Mike Enzi
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Head Start Association’s Executive Director Yasmina Vinci issued the following statement on the legacy of the former U.S. Senator from Wyoming Mike Enzi who passed…
House Appropriations Committee Takes Monumental Step in Strengthening Head Start
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Head Start Association (NHSA) applauds the House Appropriations Committee for including a record-level of funding in the FY22 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, following…