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By Kerry Dooley Young, Photo: Toshimasa Ishibashi/Flickr, Association of Health Care Journalists, January 11, 2022 April 1 marks the kickoff date for a federal option that makes it easier for states to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to one year after childbirth from the current 60-day standard. Journalists can now find out how well their states have prepared to take advantage of this Medicaid-expansion pathway, which Congress created as part of last year’s American Rescue Plan...

By Kassie McClung, Illustration: Katie Mulligan/The Frontier, Center for Health Journalism, January 7, 2022 Brittney Poolaw brushed away tears as the paramedic on the witness stand raised his hand to point her out in the courtroom for the jury. She shook her head as he described the night she had a miscarriage at a Lawton apartment complex and had to be rushed into emergency surgery. Prosecutors argued methamphetamine use caused Poolaw’s miscarriage between 15 and 17 weeks gestation. But a...

By Nikki Ekstein and Jen Murphy, Illustration: Olivia Fields, Bloomberg, January 12, 2022 For the first time, the 12-member board of directors of the Hawaii Tourism Authority is majority-led by Native Hawaiians. This may not sound like a big deal, but it’s transformative. After two years of chaos from the pandemic, during which the state seesawed from overtourism that strained resources to strict closures that rattled its economy, Hawaii is looking for a new travel status quo . The old way...

As a Weinstein survivor, I’ve noticed that journalists love to explore the presumed solidarity among “sister survivors” – in our case, the over 100 women who came forward about Weinstein’s sexual predation. But what journalists don’t write about are the challenges in preventing any group of trauma survivors from imploding. Only when we survivors understand the impact of trauma can we overcome the underlying forces that threaten to pull us apart and stand together against injustice and abuse.

January 2022 Monthly updates featuring resources, events, and more from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University A Call to Action Re-Envisioning Early Childhood Policy and Practice in a World of Striking Inequality and Uncertainty New Science + More Diverse Voices = Greater Impact As a follower of our Center, you are well aware of three core scientific concepts that have driven increased investments and documented benefits for early childhood policies and services over the...

A free series of training on child/adolescent traumatic grief in response to experience of COVID-19 related deaths are now available to register. As the US Surgeon General VADM Murthy recently noted, there have been at least 140,000 children in the US who lost a parent or caregiver-- BEFORE the winter surge began. Another subset have lost both parents/caregivers and yet other friends and other family members(grandparents, etc.). These trainings from the SAMHSA/NCTSN Learning Center have free...

NEW DIGITAL PRODUCTS! Available Exclusively from CRI Works on mobile devices and computers Many customers to CRI’s product line have asked, “Can’t you offer a digital version of the deck of cards? I want to have it available on my phone to spend a minute or two on a strategy when I have a quiet moment for reflection.” Well, we listened to the feedback and we are pleased to announce we now do have a digital version for both the child-focused and the adult-focused decks! The 72-card digital...

Even small amounts of exercise can quickly and dramatically improve mood, brain health, brain function, and the ability to cope with stress, while preparing the brain to rewire the hidden wounds from childhood.

By Sam Levine, Photo: Imani Khayyam/The Guardian, The Guardian, January 8, 2022 The Mississippi officials met in the heat of summer with a singular goal in mind: stopping Black people from voting. “We came here to exclude the Negro,” said the convention’s president. “Nothing short of this will answer.” This conclave took place in 1890. But remarkably, approximately 130 years later, the laws they came up with are still blocking nearly 16% of Mississippi’s Black voting-age population from...

From Office of the Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Photo: Unsplash, January 6, 2022 Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Thursday announced a proposal that will protect and expand New Mexico voting rights, including by expanding online voter registration, providing further protections for Native voters, and creating a permanent, voluntary absentee ballot request list. Amid a wave of anti-democratic sentiment nationwide that includes the implementation...

By Orion Rummler, Photo: Nolwen Cifuentes/Getty Images, The 19th*, January 10, 2022 Many LGBTQ+ youth reported high stress, anger, sadness and fear for the future at the end of 2021, and reported struggling to access basic needs during the pandemic, according to a new online poll published Monday by Morning Consult and LGBTQ+ youth crisis organization the Trevor Project. Much of the stress and sadness was caused by the record number of bills introduced last year aiming to restrict...

By Sarah Freuh, The National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, Medicine, January 7, 2022 The omicron variant-driven surge in COVID-19 over the holidays once again landed Americans in calculations about the risks and benefits of gathering with family and friends, weighing the hazard of possible illness versus the distress of loneliness and isolation. The latter can have consequences not just for happiness but for overall health, especially for the elderly, according to a National Academies...