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Economic stability is family stability. Leaders like A. Philip Randolph and Fannie Lou Hamer fought tirelessly for economic empowerment, advocating for better wages, fair housing, and equal opportunities for Black families. Their work laid the foundation for policies that strengthen household financial stability—a proven way to reduce risk factors for child abuse and neglect. At Positive Childhood Alliance NC, we know that economic support is essential for children’s well-being. When...

By Dennis Nealon, Harvard Medical School, Image: Benjavisa/Getty Images , February 10, 2025 What research has gleaned about the most elusive of human experiences Love has been the source of ceaseless fascination since antiquity. Artists have tried to capture its beauty and darkness in books, paintings, and songs. Behavioral scientists have explored love as a social ritual, psychologists have studied its pathological manifestations, and evolutionary biologists have sought to define it as a...

The world feels chaotic. We are seeing policies shift overnight, communities struggling, and feeling the weight of uncertainty at work and with the people we serve. It’s easy to feel powerless. Some of us are going through the motions—just trying to get through the day. Others are shutting down, overwhelmed by the enormity of what’s happening around them. (That’s okay! That means you need time to rest). And then there are those of us who ask: “What can I do?” The answer? You can lead. In...

Essential Work Injury Rehabilitation Techniques Workplace injuries are a common occurrence across various industries, affecting employees’ health, productivity, and overall well-being. Whether caused by repetitive strain, heavy lifting, or sudden accidents, injuries sustained at work can significantly impact an individual’s ability to perform daily tasks. Work injury rehabilitation is essential in helping injured employees regain strength, mobility, and function, ensuring a smooth return to...

Housing stability is a fundamental factor in personal and community well-being. For tenants facing eviction, harassment, or unsafe living conditions, the stress and uncertainty can have lasting impacts on mental and physical health. PACEs Connection focuses on preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and fostering positive environments, and secure housing is a key component of this mission. Tenant rights lawyers play a crucial role in ensuring individuals and families maintain access...

"I notice the leaf looks like a 3 headed lizard. I wonder what tree my leaf is from. The leaf reminds me of bacteria." By Rob Wade, Greater Good Magazine, Image: from article , February 11, 2025 A place-based educator in California invites his students to spend time in, observe, and document the wild nature around them. As temperatures cool and snow begins to grace the northern Sierra Nevada’s ridges and peaks, the “Mountain Kids” of Plumas County carry a simple but transformative tool in...

By Suvradip Maitra, Lyndal Sleep, Paul Henman and Suzanna Fay, Phys.org, Illustration: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain , February 10, 2025 Late last year, ChatGPT was used by a Victorian child protection worker to draft documents. In a glaring error, ChatGPT referred to a "doll" used for sexual purposes as an "age-appropriate toy." Following this, the Victorian information commissioner banned the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in child protection . Unfortunately, many harmful AI...

By Nickolas Bagley, Youth Today, Image: Unsplash via Crowdstack , February 12, 2025 OUR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES: Youth Today’s grant listings are carefully curated for our subscribers working in youth-related industries. Subscribers will find local, regional, state and national grant opportunities. THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Youth Employment, Job/Career Training, Low-Income Youth/Communities, Youth Leadership, Entrepreneurship Deadline: Mar. 4, 2025 “The Global Innovation Challenge provides...

About 21 million families across Brazil receive monthly payments as part of the Bolsa Família scheme Credit : Bruna Prado/Getty Images By Hannah Crowe, The Telegraph, Image: Bruna Prado/Getty Images , February 10, 2025 The scheme was launched to reduce poverty, but experts never anticipated the remarkable effects it would have on the country’s health Crislaine Souza lives with her husband and one-year-old son in a rural community in Ourolândia, a municipality in Brazil’s north-east that...

By Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News, Illustration: Oona Zenda /KFF Health News , February 7, 2025 Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn’t have health insurance, mental health medications, or access to a doctor, he said. Three years later, he landed in an inpatient hospital after expressing suicidal thoughts. After more than a decade cycling through juvenile...

Introduction I'm a PMH nurse in grad school for my DNP, and the curriculum requires developing and implementing a quality improvement DNP project. My DNP project involves adding PACEs tools (Hays-Grudo & Morris, 2020) to the ACEs-10 assessment in the substance use disorder (SUD) population, either adolescents or adults. In search of My DNP project is well conceptualized, but I'm seeking a SUD practice site to implement the project . Specifically, I'm seeking a SUD treatment center in...

Erica Watkins of Tulsa, state director of Defense of Democracy, on 28 January 2025 in Oklahoma City. Photograph: Sean Murphy/AP By Robin Buller, The Guardian, Image: Sean Murphy/AP , February 10, 2025 As Donald Trump mounts escalating attacks on immigrants in the US in the first weeks of his second term, schools are increasingly in the crosshairs. He has already revoked protective status for schools and churches , so that immigration authorities can make arrests on school grounds, sending...