2+ hour, 50+ min ago  (530+ words) There is a huge difference between receiving financial support and actually being able to rely on it." And yet, delays continue to happen." When these financial aid systems fail to distribute funds on time, students are left carrying consequences they…...

16+ hour, 2+ min ago  (832+ words) Youth are being moved from Provo Canyon School, the residential treatment facility that celebrity Paris Hilton centered in her yearslong campaign to shutter the "troubled teen industry." "No child should be hurt in a program that is meant to protect…...

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (761+ words) Students in foster care are disproportionately suspended from school and have lower attendance compared to their peers who aren't in the foster care system, according to a report released Monday. "They just looked at my behavior, and labeled me as…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (176+ words) After eight years leading New Jersey's child welfare system, Christine Norbut Beyer is joining the national nonprofit Think of Us to help develop AI-collaborative resource navigation for youth and families. Norbut Beyer will serve as an "executive in residence" with…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (10+ words) Feds Promote Use of Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare'The Imprint...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (265+ words) I am a return on investment for American taxpayers." I was raised by a young mother, alongside my siblings, in public housing. Our family relied on the social safety net: food assistance, WIC, cash assistance, Medicaid, free school meals and…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1009+ words) Buffalo's public schools are disproportionately disciplining Black and brown students and students with disabilities, a yearslong investigation by the New York State Attorney General has found." The civil rights investigation, which began in 2020, revealed that in some cases, Black students…...