Children-and-youth

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Screening for adverse childhood experiences is increasing, but are patients getting treatment?

Medi-Cal doctors are screening more patients for adverse childhood experiences, but they aren’t required to report whether those patients receive therapy or other services they may need. Yet getting that helps is key to preventing chronic health or mental health conditions later in life, research finds.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 11월 29, 2022

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‘I’m already stressing out’: Families to face bigger bills for subsidized child care as California ends waivers

For the last two years, some families who receive subsidized child care got a waiver from the fees they pay to participate. But the waiver will end next year after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have extended it, citing an expected decrease in state revenue.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 10월 7, 2022

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A state program that provides children’s hearing aids may be expanded to include more families

A beleaguered state program that provides hearing aids to children may soon include families with partial insurance coverage and youth up to 21 years old after the Legislature included the expansion in the budget bills. About 2,000 more children would be helped.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 9월 6, 2022

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California counties siphon Social Security benefits from some foster kids

California counties regularly take the Social Security benefits of foster youth who are disabled or whose parents have died. Advocates say it amounts to children paying for their own foster care.

에 의해 진 쿠앙 • 7월 22, 2022

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Some COVID orphans in California will get financial help

In California, 32,000 children under 18 have experienced the death of a parent or primary caregiver from COVID-19. The state has set aside $100 million for trust funds for children who are in low-income families to access when they turn 18 for school, housing or other expenses.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 7월 22, 2022

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State and federal restrictions make it harder for low-income families to get infant formula

For families receiving government assistance, the types of infant formula they are allowed to purchase is limited. When the shortage began, California couldn’t quickly expand its list of approved formula brands due to federal restrictions, leaving low-income families scrambling to find formula.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 7월 1, 2022

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Children’s day camps: Attend at your own risk

California day camps operate without background checks, CPR training, child/adult ratios or required reporting of injury and death. A family whose daughter drowned at a camp is working to change that.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 6월 16, 2022

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California’s youngest children need more mental health support, advocates say in request for funding

The mental health of children under 5 has typically been overlooked when it comes to state funding. Advocates aim to change that by asking for $250 million to support the youngest Californians.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 4월 29, 2022

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Some California school districts launch transitional kindergarten without state help

The state mandates transitional kindergarten, but isn’t paying the tab for a small portion of wealthy school districts. Some are balking.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 4월 20, 2022

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California senator proposes checks for low-income, homeless high school seniors

A state senator wants to send no-strings-attached checks to homeless high school seniors in California, where basic income programs are beginning to “feel a lot more like a movement.”

에 의해 진 쿠앙 • 4월 7, 2022