Newsom proposed a budget completely eliminating essential increases in funding for housing and services.
This $500/month cash payment would allow young people to better afford necessities like rent.
Early education and child care represent the most diverse and lowest-paid sector in education.
Child care is scarce and expensive. Parents have questions. This guide has the answers.
States are required to report this data by federal law, but some do not.
Class-action suit says agency conducts tens of thousands of illegal searches each year.
Once those funds expire, many will be scrambling to keep serving families in crisis.
Making a difference with clean bedding and pest control for the most at-risk communities.
2018-2022: In over 700 cases, “inadequate housing” was the sole reason for removing children.
Only 35 states opted in to the 2024 Summer EBT program.
Jay Lee is an 23-year-old Atlanta native and college student. He wakes up every morning, feeds his pet bearded dragon Joker, hangs...
Utah, with the nation’s highest percentage of children, faces a decades-long daycare crisis.
Kids with acute mental health challenges are on campuses ill-equipped to handle them safely.
Janell Braxton, 30, continues to reckon with her time in the foster system.
A new study shows how supportive housing can help keep families intact.
Unable to set interview appointments, SNAP applications/renewals are automatically denied after 30 days.
As homelessness rises, the Wiyot are ensuring youth have "a place to call home."
American Rescue Plan Act programs expired and the child poverty rate increased to 10%.
The state-mandated closure is the first on record for Utah’s “troubled teen industry”
Illinois foster kids are staying in social workers' offices, conference centers and jails.