How can I get my child into Head Start? - HHS.gov
May 10, 2023 · The local program staff in your area will tell you if you qualify. Your family may qualify for Head Start or Early Head Start services if your family's income is at or below the federal poverty …
HHS Bans Illegal Aliens from Accessing its Taxpayer-Funded Programs
Jul 10, 2025 · Head Start is among the programs included in the updated and expanded list of classified “Federal public benefits” under PRWORA to ensure enrollment in Head Start is reserved for …
HHS Celebrates 60 Years of the Head Start Program Transforming the ...
May 19, 2025 · The Administration for Children and Families celebrates the 60th birthday of the Head Start program. What started in 1965 as a program to fight poverty has grown into a national model …
TheBudget maintains funding for Head Start at $12.3 billion and includes a set of reform principles that willrefocus the program on its promise to help American families out of poverty by increasing parental …
HHS Programs to Address Homelessness - HHS.gov
Mar 25, 2025 · Head Start directly serves children experiencing homelessness from birth to five years old and provides children and their families with services related to nutrition, developmental, medical …
individuals. While Head Start provides for school readiness, it also provides low-income children and their families with “health, educational, nutritional, and social and other services, that are family …
HHS Expands MAHA to Head Start Adding $61.9 Million to Nutrition ...
Sep 23, 2025 · The supplemental nutrition awards will accelerate Head Start programs’ capacity to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families. In Michigan, one program will receive …
The Head Start Enterprise System (HSES) is designed to serve as a consolidated and comprehensive repository for reliable data about Office of Head Start (OHS) grantees and program operations. OHS …
Programs that Use the Poverty Guidelines as a Part of Eligibility ...
Nov 5, 2019 · The HHS poverty guidelines, or percentage multiples of them (such as 125 percent, 150 percent, or 185 percent), are used as an eligibility criterion by a number of federal programs, …
Grants and Contracts | HHS.gov
Further, pursuant to the preliminary injunction issued on September 11, 2025 in Washington State Association of Head Start et al. v. Kennedy, et al., No. 2:25-cv-000781 (W.D.W.A.), the HHS …