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States shift toward kin-first foster care
May 24, 2024 | News, ManagementKinship caregivers and advocates have long expressed frustration at unequal support for raising their own.
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State policies banning gender-affirming care have ‘chilling effect’ across the country
May 23, 2024 | News, ManagementThe number of laws restricting LGBTQ rights is on the rise, experts say. The trend could worsen transgender individuals' access to mental and physical health care and exacerbate discrimination.
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Texas schools illegally suspended thousands of homeless students—and nobody stopped them
| News, ManagementHundreds of districts have illegally suspended students over the past five years, according to data obtained from the Texas Education Agency, denying students access to the food, shelter and education often found only on campus.
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Amid record high NYC homeless student population, calls grow for laundry machines in schools
May 22, 2024 | News, ManagementMore than 1,600 public schools offers on-site laundry services, allowing students who live in temporary housing or who otherwise lack access to such facilities to wash their clothes while at school.
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California pays meth users to get sober
| Management, NewsSubstance use experts say incentive programs that reward participants, even in a small way, can have a powerful effect with meth users in particular, and a growing body of evidence indicates they can lead to long-term abstinence.
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City tackles first responders’ opioid compassion fatigue
May 17, 2024 | News, ManagementWhen physically and emotionally exhausted emergency personnel started saying, “Let them die.” Officials in Huntington, West Virginia, knew they had a problem. They also had a solution.
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Clean needles save lives. In some states, they might not be legal.
| News, ManagementIn Pennsylvania, where 5,158 people died from a drug overdose in 2022, the state’s drug paraphernalia law stands in the way of harm reduction programs that distribute sterile syringes.
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To help address teens’ mental health needs, state to launch Youth Mental Health Corps
| News, ManagementColorado's program will train young adults ages 18 to 24 to connect middle and high school students to needed mental health supports and resources.
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From foster care to secure housing: How vouchers help young adults build self-sufficiency
May 15, 2024 | News, ManagementWhile some first-time renters rush to thrift stores to find eclectic pieces to decorate their new apartments, for adolescents leaving the foster system, the experience of moving out is often much bleaker.
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This Utah county will buy your lawn to save water
May 14, 2024 | News, ManagementWould you ditch your grass for less-thirsty plants? In a place where every drop of water counts, a little cash compels residents to say yes.