‘It’s time for bold leadership:’ Reservist who just earned citizenship announces BP run
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
Borough president candidate Cesar Vargas poses for a photo outside the St. George Ferry Terminal. (Courtesy: Vargas campaign/Bri Elledge)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Cesar Vargas came to this country with his family as a child, an undocumented immigrant. He just earned his citizenship earlier this month, and now he’s running to be Staten Island’s next borough president.
In a Wednesday interview with the Advance/SILive.com, Vargas, who arrived in the U.S. from Mexico when he was “five or six,” said that if elected he hopes to use his life experiences to better serve the people of Staten Island.
Posted January 28th, 2021 for Child Trends
January 28, 2021 Today, Child Trends released an ambitious agenda to support and improve the mental health of children across the United States both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In
A National Agenda for Children’s Mental Health , Child Trends mental health expert Jessica Dym Bartlett and school health expert Brandon Stratford propose five strategies that, if adopted and funded, would improve the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of the nation’s children, youth, and families. “Before the pandemic, one in five children had a diagnosed mental health disorder, a number that does not include the scores of children who go undiagnosed due to lack of healthcare and other systemic challenges,” said Bartlett. “The strategies we propose would not only help children get treatment, but also call on policymakers and other mental health leaders to address the root causes of mental health disorders, parti
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