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1.6KExacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
Child Care Aware estimates 9% of licensed child care programs have permanently closed since the pandemic began, based on its tally of...
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2.0KStudy: People with disabilities were more likely to be on the margins of the pandemic’s telework expansion
Partly because many of them lack internet access and are disproportionately employed in retail, food and other service industries, workers with disabilities,...
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3.7KAdvocates: Pandemic proves that employers can make in-person and remote accommodations for disabled workers
While the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in February 2021 one in four U.S. workers was working remotely — many...
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3.0KSupportive housing for young people formerly in foster care
The Urban Institute takes a look at the current state of supportive housing for former foster youth across the nation; discussing the...
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1.5KDisruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students
Even as schools have returned in full swing across the country, complications wrought by the pandemic persist, often falling hardest on those...
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3.3KAmerica’s afterschool staffing shortage undercuts pandemic recovery
Ask anyone in the youth development field what the greatest crisis facing afterschool programs is and you'll likely get the same answer:...
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1.4KEducation funding on ballots in New Mexico cities’ elections
Local governments across New Mexico are seeking to renew property taxes to pay for school buildings, computers and air ventilation systems even...
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1.8KMedical treatments for substance use disorders are slated for all New York jails and prisons
Under a law scheduled to take effect next year, each of New York’s jails and prisons are slated to establish medication-assisted treatment...
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1.3KNew Mexico awards $157M in grants to child care providers
New Mexico's child care department is sending millions to child care centers in an effort to keep them in business, awarding grants...
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1.7KTiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children
Kids are still an afterthought in reforms championed by lawmakers and pushed by police departments. But in case after case, an Associated...
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1.5KWhite House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11
Children ages 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially...
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2.0KWith windfall, city tries to reach kids trapped in violence
After a pandemic year when the violent crime rate in Illinois' fifth-largest city soared along with much of the rest of the...
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2.1KGun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars,...
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2.3KQ&A: Afterschool Alliance’s Jodi Grant on the pandemic’s silver lining
For more than 15 years, Jodi Grant has guided advocacy efforts as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a national organization bent...
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1.4KTexas abortion law shutting down court avenue for teens
Thirty-eight states require some form of parental consent or notice for anyone under 18 to get an abortion. Of those, nearly all...
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1.2KData on child abuse in New Mexico called into question
Data on child abuse in New Mexico has been called into question after lawmakers raised concerns that the former director of the...
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1.3KNew Mexico pledges support for tribal adoptions in state law
In her first prepared speech Tuesday the new leader of New Mexico's child protection department pledges to restore the agency's credibility following...
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2.0KState of childhood obesity: Reforming our nation’s policies to help all children grow up healthy
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation releases the latest iteration of its annual report on childhood obesity in the United States, discussing the...
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2.7KSome disabled students and their parents want remote learning to be a permanent option
Some advocates of students with disabilities are hoping lawmakers and educators will do more to ensure that remote learning is a more...
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2.5KAndrea Zayas joins Ballmer Group as national director of K-12 education
Andrea Zayas is joining the Ballmer Group as its national director of K-12 education. Zayas arrives after more than three years with...
