Children & Families

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials have moved to revoke the licenses for a nonprofit that houses immigrant children after it...

Lower and middle-income families will finally be able to afford or simply send their children to preschool at a lower...

The state of California has banned prosecution fees for misdemeanor crimes after a report detailed their prevalence within the state. ...

George A. Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Bread for the City, discusses how community-based challenges impede in effectively serving low-income...

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that at least one in every 8 Americans was living in poverty...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of foster children may be getting powerful psychiatric drugs prescribed to them without basic safeguards, says...

A school-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening concern about the...

Kurt Newman, President & CEO of the Children's National Health System, discusses how the influx of technology and preventative methods...

Recent records show that more than 9,600 children are in and out of the foster care system in Kentucky, making...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about rising teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an...

BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration should be held accountable for emotional trauma inflicted on children who were separated...

Linda Velarde, Executive Director of Villa Maria, discusses how women who are homeless and without children can transition from crisis...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday it plans to circumvent a longstanding court agreement that governs how children...

CHICAGO (AP) — Learning disabilities and other special education needs are common in children born with opioid-related symptoms from their...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Stephen Dennis was raising his two sons in the 1980s, he never heard the phrase...

Stephanie Karr, Executive Director of the Center Against Sexual & Family Violence discuss how the organization provides confidential assistance, educational...

CHICAGO (AP) — New children's concussion guidelines from the U.S. government recommend against routine X-rays and blood tests for diagnosis...

A new analysis of the FDA’s Real Cost campaign aimed at preventing young teens from smoking found that the initiative...

A new study published in the journal Science Advances found that children who live near green areas and forests have...

In this collaboration with WHUT - Howard University Television, host Mark Oppenheim interviews nonprofit leaders from the Washington D.C. region...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal authorities' shift away from separating immigrant families caught in the U.S. illegally now means...

With rising health care coverage costs impacting numerous Americans, foster care parents are struggling to adequately provide for their children. ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Students in Massachusetts have set off on a 50-mile march to Smith & Wesson's headquarters to...

Leaders from nonprofits in Alaska, Minnesota, Texas and Washington D.C. discuss the important work that they do to strengthen their...