Children’s Issues

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 former Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Florida, and the former State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health of Florida The risk of teenage…

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 is a battle with food insecurity. When schools close for the summer, the meals many students rely on throughout the year end, leaving families in search of…

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 the past year, and for one Coral Springs teen, the stakes are literally life or death. Fourteen-year-old Maryanne cannot speak. But she smiles when her…

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, 2024, 10:12 PM CDT By Dennis Romero The U.S. government filed a lawsuit against its largest provider of temporary shelter for underage migrants, alleging widespread sexual…

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 set until she came to this summer’s Athens Rock Camp for girls.   “I have always wanted to learn drums. I just thought it will be…

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 to a court order that took effect Monday. US District Judge Dolly M. Gee’s ruling terminates, with exceptions, the 1997 Flores Settlement agreement – which…

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 — or what James Thomas from Plano ISD calls “living in transition”— are eligible for services at school under the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act. The federal…

By Jim Vertuno and Andrew Demillo Published on June 28, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. The 8-1 ruling from the all-Republican…

JULY 8, 20246:00 AM ET Andrea Hsu A half dozen women — in their 30s, 40s and 50s — gather in a classroom in Phoenix for a few hours on a weekday morning. They are all caregivers of young children. There’s Yosbri Rojas. When her own 8-year-old is at school, she takes care of two…

Mosaic Miami shows teens how to appreciate diversity Hannah SpenceMiami Times Staff Writer Updated Jul 3, 2024 Although many teenagers spend their summers at the beach or in front of television screens, 50 Miami teens chose to devote six days of their vacation to Mosaic Miami’s Camp MetroTown, improving their leadership skills and learning about diversity.…