U.S. Sen. Luján signs onto HHS Head Start letter
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), along with more than two dozen colleagues, has signed onto a letter to the U.S. Health and ...
Services for disabled Americans, trans youth and refugees feel the squeeze from Trump’s early actions
President Donald Trump’s bid to remake the federal government is already affecting some vulnerable populations in the United ...
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Iowa to implement new children’s mental health care system under terms of legal settlement
The settlement agreement resolves a 2023 lawsuit that accused the State of Iowa of failing to provide federally required ...
RFK Jr.’s Kids: Does the Politician Have Any Children?
Kennedy has been married to actress Cheryl Hines for years, but do they have kids together? Learn about RFK Jr.’s family.
Number of NH children with elevated blood-lead levels increases as testing rises
A new report shows that the number of children in New Hampshire with elevated levels of lead in their blood is creeping up to ...
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Welch demands answers and action from HHS officials on disruption to Head Start programs
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) joined Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and 27 of their colleagues today in issuing a letter to Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
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Head Start and Trump
Federal funding for child care programs that serve some of California's highest need children has been delayed in the ...
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Some Head Start programs still can't access federal funds in wake of Trump order
Some California programs still have not been able to access their payments, Cottrill said. She also said she has not been ...
Sen. Schumer warns Head Start programs may 'shutter' due to federal funding freeze
But on Wednesday, Senator Schumer called on the United States Department of Health & Human Services to fix the payment system ...
Federal lawsuit targets North Carolina's 'broken' foster care system for urgent reforms
North Carolina's children spend years in the foster care system, many bouncing from home to home to home. Lawyers want the ...
What are local organizations doing to address Iowa’s childcare crisis?
At just 25 years old, Ashley Miranda is the Assistant Director at Conmigo Early Education Center. You’d expect her to have a related degree, but hers is in biomedical science. Her ...
$3 million invested to expand Child First, strengthening support for young kids, NC families
Officials said Child First is an evidence-based, early childhood intervention program proven to reduce the risk of child maltreatment and prevent young children and families from entering the foster ...