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AUSTIN — At the start of a new school week, middle school teacher Chris Leal likes to check in with his students and how their weekends went. Leal noticed a...
The startup’s seed funding aims to provide in-home and virtual care to families.
The population is made up of fewer children - in Pennsylvania and across the United States, according to the latest analysis of census data. The Annie E. Casey Foundation report said Pennsylvania is one of six states that appears to have lost more than 100,000 children between 2010 and 2020. ...
A new Kentucky law closes gaps in child abuse reporting and prevention laws and strengthens supports for at-risk families. Senate Bill 229 requires suspected cases of maltreatment by an employee of a state agency be reported accurately and in a timely manner, streamlines the chain of command for reporting abuse, and allows child welfare case hearings to be transferred to the Office of Legal Services within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Shannon Moody, chief policy and strategy officer for Kentucky Youth Advocates, said the law also allows the department to reach out to families ...
Over the past decade, 1,000 Florida children in foster care now have permanent homes, thanks to a pilot program focused on placing older kids who typically encounter challenges in being adopted. Robbin Brydges is one of the adoptive parents helped by Wendy's Wonderful Kids, launched by the Dave Thomas Foundation in 2004. She and her husband wanted to adopt an older child, since they knew they're often overlooked in the adoption process. ...