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More kids in unlicensed day care? Utah Legislature mulls changing state law

Utah lawmakers are considering a proposal to boost the number of children allowed in unlicensed day care facilities. ....

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Report: Utah needs to 'bridge the gap' to cure child care 'crisis' – St George News

Report: Utah needs to 'bridge the gap' to cure child care 'crisis' – St George News
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CT child advocates hope to blunt impacts of new education law

Child advocates across Connecticut are imploring Gov. Ned Lamont to increase state funding for subsidized preschool and child care slots. It would offset the impacts of a new law, which requires children to be five years old before Sept. . ....

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Ohio children are being harmed by toxic chemicals

Children of color and from low-income families in Ohio and across the nation are not only exposed to more dangerous toxic chemicals including lead, tailpipe and other air pollution, plastics and pesticides; they also experience disproportionate harm to brain development compared to their white and higher income peers, according to a new report. Devon Payne-Sturges, associate professor of environmental health at the University of Maryland and the report s co-author, said five decades of data show poverty exacerbates the effect of pollution. "Studies have found that the combined experience, say, of exposure to lead in the environment and being from an impoverished community, or a low-income family actually worsened the negative cognitive impacts," Payne-Sturges reported. " . ....

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Report examines strengths challenges of PA congregate care settings for teens / Public News Service

For young people with serious behavioral health challenges, a new report showed Pennsylvania s congregate-care settings may be the best option. The report s authors surveyed 20 providers of congregate care, in facilities housing from about a dozen kids to almost 300. Jaclyn Kreshock, director of children s behavioral health services for the Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth and Family Services and the report s co-author, said there is a growing movement to transition youth to more community-based and homelike settings. . ....

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