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A touring conference from the National Alliance for Childrens Grief comes to Montana this week. The event will be in Whitefish on Tuesday. The alliance works with organizations like the Tamarack Grief Resource Center in Missoula, which is organizing the Whitefish conference. ...

Advocates for childrens well-being are in Washington, D.C. today, calling on lawmakers to invest in kids. The Save the Children advocacy summit is gathering people from around the country to speak with members of Congress. ...

Nebraska is one of six states participating in "No Child Grieves Alone," a series of regional conferences aiming to help communities recover after the social isolation and the tremendous loss of life during the global pandemic. Carly Runestad, executive director of the Mourning Hope Grief Center, said the event will explore ways for parents, teachers, school counselors and anyone else working with children to support them as they process the loss of a family member or friend. ...

Small children are landing in the hospital because of accidental poisoning from ingesting medication meant for adults. Experts are working to give households the tools they need to keep kids out of medicines which could potentially harm them. Tonya Jernigan, licensed social worker for the Division of Pediatric Forensic Medicine at the University of Kentucky Clinic, said it is not just illicit substances children can get their hands on, and pointed to cases where they accidentally consumed medic...