CALDWELL (Idaho Statesman) — Linda Martin grew up with death. As a child, she would see friends at church one week and then never again, she said. When the community’s elders gathered at someone’s home, she assumed the worst: another loss. Martin, who now lives in Oregon, was raised in Boise as a member of […]
Finding and affording child care is no cakewalk for Oregon families right now. A new report details the pressures and some potential policy fixes. The average Oregon family spends 30% of its monthly income on child care. .
A helpline providing emergency emotional support for California parents and young people would get a three-year extension under Gov. Gavin Newsom s new budget proposal released this week. The California Parent and Youth Helpline stands to get $4.7 million to continue its work helping people in distress. .
A new report shows California s 13.5 million children are suffering in the wake of the pandemic. It gives the state low marks on child care, foster care, mental-health supports and preventive health screenings. The new 2022 California Children s Report Card from the nonprofit Children Now showed children of color, in particular, are likely to absorb toxic levels of stress. .