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New metric in OR will make social-emotional health care more accessible

Eric Tegethoff Friday, August 23, 2024    ...
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Dobbs-Era Policy Has Irrevocably Changed Teenage Pregnancy

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South Dallas summer camp tackles food gap with free meals

KERA | By Zara Amaechi Published August 1, ...
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Athens Rock Camp is back to empower girls through music    

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New metric in OR will make social-emotional health care more accessible

Eric Tegethoff Friday, August 23, 2024    Oregon aims to make social and emotional health care for young children more available with a new metric. The Oregon Health Authority has adopted…
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Judge says Colorado Springs area school district violated federal law over special education student’s care

By Jenny Brundin Jul. 29, 2024, 5:54 pm A judge ruled last week that a Colorado Springs area school district violated federal law by denying care for a special needs child. …
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Cambridge combines art and social justice to give teens their own space

By Laura Haefeli August 14, 2024 / 6:45 PM EDT / CBS Boston To watch video report, Click Here. CAMBRIDGE – A new program is combining social justice, art, and shade, giving…
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Dobbs-Era Policy Has Irrevocably Changed Teenage Pregnancy

By  Dr. Scott A. Rivkees August 15, 2024 7:00 AM EDT Rivkees, M.D., is Professor of Practice at the Brown School of Public Health. He is a pediatrician, pediatric endocrinologist, the…
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South Dallas summer camp tackles food gap with free meals

KERA | By Zara Amaechi Published August 1, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT For many North Texas families, summer break means a few months of fun and freedom. For others, the season…
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‘It’s been devastating’: Teen with complex medical needs one of more than 500,000 children in Florida dropped from Medicaid 

BY HEATHER WALKER, DANIEL COHEN JULY 25, 2024 To watch video report, Click Here. (WSVN) – More than a half million of Florida’s most vulnerable children have lost their Medicaid coverage in…
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Justice Department alleges sexual abuse of migrant children housed in nonprofit’s shelters

The allegations were made in a lawsuit, which Texas-based Southwest Key said “does not present the accurate picture of the care and commitment” it provides to migrant children. July 19,…
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Athens Rock Camp is back to empower girls through music    

By: Betty Kankam-Boadu Publsihed on July 3, 2024 ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Harper Fickle hits the hi-hat, snare and bass drums with confidence.   She didn’t know how to play a drum…
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Judge partially terminates agreement governing conditions for migrant children in US custody

By Rosa Flores, CNN Published 9:12 AM EDT, Tue July 2, 2024 A federal judge has partially terminated a decades-old agreement that oversees conditions for migrant children in federal government custody, according…
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Affluent North Texas school districts grapple with a growing problem: a rise in homeless students

By Caroline Love Published on July 10, 2024 North Texas school districts are seeing an increase in students experiencing homelessness — even in affluent communities like Plano. Students experiencing homelessness…
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