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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Mental Health Cuts in Poorest New York City Schools Amid Pandemic

As the pandemic raged across New York City in spring 2020, Jose Rivera trekked from the Bronx to Coney Island, Brooklyn to...

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National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2021

The Trevor Project releases its third annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.

Man in dark suit and white shirt sits behing witness stand South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice Director Freddie Pough testifies in front of state lawmakers in Columbia, S.C.

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Lawmakers Grill South Carolina’s Juvenile Prisons Director

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators are pushing to replace the director of the state's embattled juvenile prisons, who stumbled through...

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Texting is Taxing on Adolescent Brains: What Can Adults Do to Help?

We all know a teenager who is incessantly texting. Is it innocuous or harmful? While it might be impossible to track the...

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Kansas Governor Signs Welfare Measure Named for Murdered Boy

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' child welfare department and law enforcement officers soon will be required to visually observe a child when...

Payments cut child poverty: Dark- haired woman wearing black mask and red sleeveless top stands holds dark-haired baby wearing red outfit on her left hip.

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Can Monthly Cash Payments Cut Child Poverty By Nearly Half?

Child Tax Credit payments are a key part of Democrats' COVID-19 aid bill passed in March, but for policymakers they are more...

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National Juvenile Arrests, 1980-2019

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention discusses the latest trends in juvenile arrests.

Biden's Caregiver Plans: caregiver helping youth with cerebral palsy eat

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Biden’s Caregiver Pay-Raise Plan Aims to Stem Worker Turnover

Having caregivers come and go is a problem for many disabled people. Recognizing that,the Biden Administration has proposed a $400 billion infusion...