Children and Youth

Directors of nonprofit organizations have to manage a tight balancing act – they need to worry about providing services now while preparing for unknown future needs of the next generation…

Meet Dorothy Roberts, a 2024 MacArthur Fellow, whose groundbreaking efforts to address racial inequities in the child welfare system and transform child welfare for racial justice have earned her the prestigious…

When 11-year-old Destiny Hernandez broke her glasses while playing ball with the other kids at school, her grandmother struggled to get her a replacement pair, underscoring issues in access to…

Community organizations, schools, and parks in 20 cities and towns across the country are using $1.7 million in new grants from The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation to improve sports facilities…

The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) will now be free for kids age 12 and under through an anonymous gift of $3.54 million. The gift will enable the museum to establish a endowment…

A burgeoning number of studies are examining pediatric health equity research, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). But if not done right, health equity research can do a disservice, perpetuating biases and…

Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital analyzed six years of multistate child death review data from the…

Stark racial disparities in maternal and infant health in the U.S. have persisted for decades despite continued advancements in medical care. The disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for people of color…

The number of young people experiencing homelessness in Travis County, which includes most of Austin, has risen substantially in the past four years, according to numbers from a nonprofit that…

Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate Malaya Ulan, a junior at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber, knows what it feels like to be young and overlooked in 2024. With the upcoming election…

As principal of Dunaire Elementary School, Sean Deas has seen firsthand the struggles faced by children living in extended-stay hotels. About 10% of students at his school, just east of…

The Midwest Newsroom and its partners found that homeless students in the Midwest eligible for enrollment, transportation, and academic support in most rural school districts are not getting these services…