United Way of Acadiana Early Head Start Hosts Community Baby Shower

United Way of Acadiana Early Head Start hosts community Baby Shower

ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- United Way of Acadiana Early Head Start (UWA EHS) is hosting a community baby shower that is open for expected mothers of Vermilion Parish. The event will be held on Wednesday, May 21 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Vermilion Women’s Resource Center located at 515 Edwards Street in Abbeville. Attendees will be provided with baby items, refreshments, resources, and information about the organization’s free Early Head Start…

Cutting the Head Start program would lead to an increase in crime - Washington Examiner

News broke last month that the federal Head Start program might be eliminated in next year’s congressional budget. Officials later changed course, but as the federal government searches for new ways to cut spending, it’s likely that Head Start could be on the chopping block again in the near future. That would be disastrous for hundreds of thousands of our country’s poorest children and their families in both rural and urban communities, and a m…

Head Start prepares for possible funding cuts

Uncertainty remains for teachers and families across the nation who rely on Head Start programs – after the Trump Administration did not mention the six-decade-old program in its budget summary on May second.

Florida Business Leaders Sound Alarm: Head Start Cuts Would Worsen State's Childcare and Workforce Crisis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A coalition of respected Florida business leaders is warning that proposed federal cuts to Head Start would dramatically worsen Florida's already severe childcare shortage, deepening the state's workforce crisis and damaging long-term economic…

Georgia celebrates 60th birthday of Head Start amid funding fears

The program that serves about 22,000 children in Georgia. Advocates and families feared the White House would eliminate funding but a more recent budg

60 Years of Head Start: Guthrie Program Continues Legacy of Serving Young Learners

It’s been 60 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed an act to create an eight-week summer program known as Head Start to address the needs of disadvantaged preschool children.