Online registration was among the expanded forms of voter access that several states implemented in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19...
Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban on gender-confirming care, with Republican lawmakers in 2021 overriding GOP Gov. Asa...
The majority of federal and state grants that afterschool programs have depended upon for decades typically cannot be spent on transportation, despite...
By law, ACS caseworkers are not allowed to enter and search a home without either permission to enter or an entry order,...
“Today, Pennsylvania says ‘No more’ to child abuse,” then-Gov. Tom Corbett declared as he signed the legislation into law in 2014. A...
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
As anxiety and depression rates have soared among young Americans, educators and advocates say children's books can play a role in helping...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Hours after Jaidryon Platero attempted suicide, an employee of New Mexico’s child welfare agency visited...
Social Security's cost of living adjustment, otherwise known as the COLA, for 2023 is expected to be around 9% or even higher,...
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Paul Boxer has become an expert in youth violence. He has co-authored 80 research papers and is head of the Rutgers Center...
Two Democratic senators urged the Education Department on Wednesday to strengthen regulations against quietly excluding kids from class because of behaviors related...
Students can be ticketed by school resource officers or by local police departments to whom school staff members refer students viewed as...
Courts have long mandated such fees, aiming to hold youth accountable, deter them from future crime and often to cover the justice...
Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...
The pandemic emphasized the important role afterschool and summer programs can play in supporting kids with their social and emotional well-being. Some...
The number of girls playing flag football in U.S. high schools doubled to 11,000 in the decade leading up to 2018-19, according...
Within what's known as the secure transport industry, it's called "gooning." Brawny men show up under the cover of darkness and force...
Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling appears to be accelerating a trend of increased birth control use among teens, including...
I continue to be impressed with the simplicity and power of Handle with Care, a partnership between law enforcement, schools and mental...