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DCFS Director Heidi Mueller, ’07, on Helping Vulnerable Youth and Families Navigate a Challenging System
This spotlight is part of a Q&A series focusing on UChicago Law alumni whose career paths have taken them into public service.  Heidi Mueller, ’07, director of the Illinois Department of Children and ...
Hillsdale County youth group launches effort to provide hope to kids entering foster care
The County Community Foundation's YOUTH Advisory Council provided comfort bags to CPS for kids entering foster care.
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The community college creating a home base for transition-age foster students
One student's experience a semester into new housing reserved for transition-age youth at Pasadena City College ...
Kids are still sleeping in KY social services offices. What’s the Cabinet doing about it?
KY Cabinet Sec. Eric Friedlander said most of the foster youth temporarily housed in office buildings have no other place to ...
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Western Australia’s Indefensible Record on Children’s Rights
In the space of four weeks in November 2024, there were at least 63 recorded cases of children in Western Australia’s youth ...
Tulsa mayor announces creation of new office to support children, youth, and families
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols and other city leaders gathered together to announce the next steps in the creation of the office of children, youth, and families.Th ...
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After years of advocacy, foster youth say Michigan schools still need to fix a key systemic problem
On Tuesday, foster youth and advocates told the State Board of Education they want the Michigan Department of Education and ...
Walla Walla Union Bulletin1d
Future investment: Walla Walla grapples with lack of child care
Area experts discuss the most pressing issues with child care in Walla Walla, including the lack of services for infants and ...
Longmont Times-Call1d
Letters: DEI hiring; Department of Education
Google’s change in its hiring practices as reported in the Times-Call has nothing to do with creating a meritocracy as ...
Tennessee children are still sleeping in DCS offices despite transitional home expansion
Nearly 100 kids in Tennessee custody slept in Children's Services offices in 2024. Here's why and what the agency is doing ...
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Safe House, Indio Police discuss youth outreach services in Coachella Valley
The Southwest region was the only region in the county that increased in attempted suicides every year from 2018- 2021.
Family wants justice for woman killed by stray bullet fired in ‘self-defense’
At a forthcoming hearing, a judge will determine whether the teen initially charged in Dale Henson’s killing will receive ...