Children-and-youth

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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

교육

California mask mandate: Is it ending too soon for little children?

California will soon lift the mask mandate for children in schools and child care facilities, but experts say the move is premature.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 3월 8, 2022

코로나 바이러스

California legislators propose new slate of COVID-19 vaccine laws

A group of California legislators has crafted vaccine laws that would be the most aggressive state approach to vaccines in the nation.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 3월 2, 2022

코로나 바이러스

Omicron blazes through California child care providers already reeling from COVID

Child care centers were already struggling prior to the omicron variant. Now a dire situation has gotten even worse.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 1월 26, 2022

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Amid low COVID vaccine rates, more California children hospitalized in omicron surge

The number of California children diagnosed with COVID-19 during the omicron variant surge has "skyrocketed," challenging earlier notions that the coronavirus largely bypassed children. Child vaccination rates are relatively low, and children who contract COVID-19 could be at increased risk for rare conditions and diabetes.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 1월 17, 2022

논평

What California can do to improve children’s mental health

Under California’s system for supporting children’s mental health, the state needs to first tackle the system’s deficiencies.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 1월 5, 2022

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We need to ensure the mental health and well-being of all our children

Mental health is now the leading cause of hospitalization of children under 18 in California. This crisis facing youth and their families is staggering. In addition to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, young people face existential threats like climate change, gun violence in schools as well as communities, civil rights crises, and an uncertain […]

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 12월 13, 2021

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California must provide resources, support for youth in crisis

County child welfare leaders and social workers are stymied by a lack of tools needed to best support foster youth.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 11월 3, 2021

경제

Child care in California hasn’t rebounded — why many workers aren’t coming back

California’s child care workforce is still 10% smaller than it was before the pandemic, as low wages contribute to acute staffing shortages.

에 의해 Grace Gedye • 10월 29, 2021

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California must renew efforts to keep families in crisis together

A permanent investment in supportive services could help keep children out of our foster care system.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 10, 2021