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Maternal health inequities during COVID report: Asian pregnant woman is checking body temperature for symptom of fever, headache of viral infection, concept of sickness and healthcare in pregnancy in the situation of covid 19 outbreak.

Maternal Health Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Urban Institute releases new research discussing how the pandemic has affected the delivery of maternal health care and has exacerbated longstanding...

Summer school: empty road surrouned by green files and tress with wite roadsign"Summer school more than academics"

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Summer Learning Does Not Equal Summer School: Let Kids Be Kids

PANAEK PHOTOGRAPHER/SHUTTERSTOCK The outcry has been predictable: To catch kids up and reduce further slide after a year of pandemic-disrupted education, this...

Summer Program inequities: Yooung black girl with air pulled back weaing red t-shirt, smiling holding marshmallows on a stick

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Summer Enrichment Out of Reach for Millions of Families

The number of kids taking part in structured summer activities has grown steadily over the past 15 years, but that growth has...

summer school: 3 young women and one lder woman stand together behind table of colorful craft supplis in front of more supplies on wall shelving and a "Welcome" sign

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Another COVID Side Effect: Many Kids Head to Summer School

With her three teenagers vaccinated against COVID-19, Aja Purnell-Mitchell left it up to them to decide whether to go back to school...

Therapeutic foster care, family unification: Hands palms up overlapping holding paper cutout of 2 adults with 2 children holding hands

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Georgia Establishing New Therapeutic Foster Care Program

ATLANTA — Georgia is establishing a therapeutic foster care program to provide specialized treatment for children with an assortment of behavioral, mental...

SC juvenile prison: Several workers in black pants and blue uniform shirts hold hand-printed signs and stand in protest of poor working conditions

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South Carolina Juvenile Prison Workers Walk Out In Protest

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — About two dozen correctional officers and teachers at South Carolina’s beleaguered juvenile justice agency joined an impromptu walkout...

Izzie Bullock, whose severe form of cerebral palsy prevents her from controlling her arms, legs and body, receives gynecologic care at a University of Michigan Medical Center clinic designed for women with disabilities.

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These clinics specialize in gynecologic care for women with disabilities

Izzie Bullock — whose severe form of cerebral palsy prevents her from controlling her arms, legs and body — had her first...

Real justice for juveniles requires that judges, lawyers and court employees be trained in youth development, cultural distinctions among youth and how trauma may drive how youth behave in court, according to several youth justice groups.

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Youth Justice Needs Specialized Training of Judges, Lawyers, Court Employees, and Courtroom Language that Doesn’t Demean

“Move the bodies.” That’s what a defense lawyer recently overheard an employee in juvenile court say, as if the young people being...

strategies for diversity, equity, inclusion in nonprofit sector: 3D render of diversity, inclusion and equity words

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Explicit strategies needed to address diversity, equity and inclusion in nonprofit sector

Many resources exist to help even small nonprofits with their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, but experts assert that a deeper...

Mississippi gun trafficking: Gun Display Stands. Pistols for sale in the store.

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Few Barriers Prevent Gun Trafficking from Mississippi

The near-stagnant pace of federal gun law reform and lack of gun possession restrictions in Mississippi make it easy to get a...

Police in Chicago, where homicides have soared recently, as they investigated a fatal shooting in May 2014 of a man in the 5700 block of South LaSalle Street.

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A pistol bought in Mississippi killed a teen in Chicago

Malcolm Stuckey was pulling up in a burgundy Pontiac Grand Prix to his friend’s birthday party in Chicago’s once-prosperous Englewood neighborhood when...

CA juvenile system: Multicolored illustration of around 25 yung faces behind vertical bars

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A Case for Better Funding of California’s Community Alternatives to Juvenile Detention and Probation

Supporters of the juvenile justice status quo wrongly claim that community-based organizations are not yet strong enough to serve all youth who...

New Mexico child welfare Facebook lawsuit: Wooden judgement or auction mallet with of New Mexico flag

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A New Mexico foster mom posted about missing children on Facebook. Child services is suing her for it.

The brutal abuse of a New Mexico toddler, allegedly by her parents, has pitted the state’s child protective services against the girl’s...

CDC Camp Mask mandates: Row of rustic brown cabins with green roofs,on lawn surrounded by dense, tall trees

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CDC Loosens Mask Guidance for Summer Campers

NEW YORK — Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions, according to the Centers for Disease Control...

Disabled youth fitness: young man in black and red gym clothes holds workout rope standing in frong of a free weights set and next to another person in a wheelchair in a gym.

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Exercise Boosts Fitness, Lowers Disease Risks for Disabled Youth

For the first time, when he was 11, Matthew Bishop got to play competitive sports with athletes who, like him, had Down...

Pandemic academic damage: Four elementary students wearing maks walk spaced out, single file along a brown wood fence.

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Counselors: No ‘Quick Fix’ to Repairing Damage of Pandemic Year

Wendy Mallis was proud to be the first person in her family to go to college, but she never expected that she...

Immigrant children families separated: Woman with long, drk hair and red top cries while sitting at table with hands folded.

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Watchdog: US Forced Deported Parents to Leave Kids Behind

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents...

Young girl in black t-shirt wearing a mask, holds up small brown elephant sculpture in left hand, standing in front of leafy green tree

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New Mexico Summer Programs for Youth Include New Internships

As many as 2,600 students across New Mexico could participate in the internship program, according to the Public Education Department, which announced...