The language varies from state to state, with some bills limiting the number of allowable mental health days and others requiring a...
Florida's Republican-dominated legislature passed a bill Tuesday to forbid instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, rejecting...
New Mexico will begin to offer equal pay to dozens of Indigenous language teachers as part of a new law aimed at...
COVID relief funding from the federal government, if passed into law, will make a historic reduction in child poverty and could also...
MONKEYBUSINESSIMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK Apprenticeship programs could soon expand in the United States, opening up more pathways for young people to earn while they learn....
Although public health experts have rightly been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic this year, America has been in the grips of another...
Flash forward to today. Death by gun violence has surpassed motor vehicle deaths nationwide, and mass shootings are an everyday occurrence. There...
A cursory look at the proposed laws sponsored by southeastern New Mexico lawmakers during the 2020 Legislature gives the impression that they...
For about three months, Karen Kelly would drive around Enumclaw, Wash., after midnight looking for her 13-year-old daughter, Hollie. She carried Hollie’s...
Some laws can make life exceptionally difficult for homeless and runaway youth. Whether it’s requiring parental consent to receive health care or...
Young people from foster care face significant challenges when it comes to transitioning into independent adulthood. Research shows that foster youth take...
As the dust settles after the midterm elections, youth advocates are looking at the impact on young people.
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Efforts to hold organizations accountable for child sexual abuse could be killed in Georgia on the last day of the state legislative...
Chris Neitzey breathed a sigh of relief this week. He and other advocates of after-school and summer learning programs have been on...
Colby Holmes, a recent high school graduate from the small town of New Hope, Alabama, found himself on Capitol Hill this week....
Proposed legislation would move juvenile justice in California closer to rehabilitating youth rather than punishing them, juvenile advocates say.
Teenagers and young adults who are not in school or working could get a boost from proposed federal legislation that would create...
A bill that would give states more flexibility to use federal foster care funding to help families stay together cleared its first...
States would be prohibited from terminating Medicaid coverage for incarcerated juveniles under legislation introduced today in the House and Senate.