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3.7KAmerica’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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1.5KEducation 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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2.0KMedical 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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1.4KNew 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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2.1KTiny 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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1.6KWhite 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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2.2KWith 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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2.3KGun 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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2.7KQ&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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1.5KTexas 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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1.3KData 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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1.4KNew 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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2.1KState 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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2.9KSome 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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2.6KAndrea 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...
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2.1KChicago program builds bonds between combat veterans, youth
To cope with violence and gang influences, youth are joining Urban Warriors, a YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago program that brings together combat...
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2.5KBlack children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. Almost nothing happened to the adults in charge.
Among cases referred to juvenile court, the statewide average in Tennessee for how often children were locked up was 5%. In Rutherford...
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8.3KBehind bars since age 16, juvenile lifer watches New Mexico struggle over sentencing reform
Michael is one of dozens of people in New Mexico who received what juvenile justice reformists call “de-facto life sentences” — sentences...
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2.7KThe state of the world’s children 2021
UNICEF releases its flagship yearly report on the current outlook and quality of life for children around the world, focusing on mental...
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2.3KMillions in seized money expanded Harlem youth hub’s “credible messenger” anti-violence project
Just weeks into his second prison stay — serving a 23-month sentence for charges including gun possession and attempted murder — Dedric...
