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rural afterschool funding problems: group of children in lifevests playing in water

Funding, logistics remain challenges to afterschool and summer programs in rural communities

Afterschool Alliance estimates there are 4.5 million rural kids across the country who want to attend afterschool but can't, with low-income families...

2022 national survey on LGBTQ youth mental health: colorful graphic of diverse youth in cartoon style

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2022 National survey on LGBTQ youth mental health

The Trevor Project releases findings from the 2022 edition of its annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.

transgender medication law in Alabama blocked by judge: father and daughter stand outside the White House smiling

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Transgender medication law in Alabama blocked by judge

A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and...

Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations: demonstrators gather with trans rights and LGBTQ flags on partly cloudy day

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Mixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in...

From crisis to death: probing teen's last hours: young black teen in vest and tie posing for picture in front of tree

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‘From crisis to death’: Probing teen’s last, desperate hours

Y'all here to protect me," the youth asked the officers, beseechingly. "Right?" The 17-year-old's foster father, unable to deal with a teen...

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Teen farming feeds the needy in touristy corner of Massachusetts

In Brickle’s corner of rural, western Massachusetts, where tourists flock but many locals struggle to make ends meet, she and other 13-...

Native American Boarding School Deaths: Handprinted sign saying "Site mass graves native children,"sits amidst flowers

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US finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far

A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society...

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Afghan teen leads family into new life in America

During a recent visit to a large urban park a few miles from his home in Tulsa, 17-year-old Shahrukh Khalilbeak pushed his...

New Mexico’s child protective services department: Woman in navt blue suit stands behind dark wood fesk in front of wall with 5 large , framed pieces of art and certificates with American flag to her left.

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New Mexico child welfare agency gets funding boost

New Mexico’s child protective services department is set to receive a funding boost officials say will be used to improve services for...

Teen court: Red brick building with close-up of sign in silver letters reading "Family and Youth Court""

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Teen-run courts dispense justice, launch legal careers

For more than 40 years, teen courts across the 50 states have proven their success at letting high school students — serving...

Transgender law Alabama: Older, balding man in light blue shirt stands speaking and gesturing with hands in front of red brick building

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Transgender treatment, doctors threatened by new Alabama law

Dr. Hussein Abdul-Latif spent the last week typing out prescription refills for his young transgender patients, trying to make sure they had...

Merit scholarship racial inequities: Black woman with long black hair wearing white top and pearl necklace looks to her left

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How popular merit scholarships have perpetuated racial inequities across the South

The message seems simple: Anyone can get most, or even all, of their tuition paid through the state’s signature college scholarship program....

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Afterschool program expanded to help Latino families during the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of young people and the programs that serve them, but some out-of-school time organizations have...

Parkland shooting survivor:: Closeup of teen gitl's face with sad expression

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For Parkland survivor, a long road to recovery from trauma

More than a year after she witnessed a gunman kill three fellow students and injure five others in her Parkland classroom, Eden...

Georgia high school transgender athlete ban: group of people laughing at signing event

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Georgia high school athletic group bans transgender athletes

The main athletic association for Georgia high schools voted Wednesday to ban transgender boys and girls from playing on the school sports...

adaptive yoga: A partially paralyzed teen girl, wearing an orange shirt and shorts, gets help from an adaptive yoga instruction who is supporting and hold up the girl's torso, while the girl is on her hands and knees on a yoga mat.

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Adaptive yoga aims to build bodily strength, mental well-being

After a four-wheeler accident left her paralyzed, Angel Taylor was struggling. The then-14-year-old was lonely, in pain and still adjusting to maneuvering...