Prioritizing play offers a variety of benefits for children, from helping them grow their vocabulary to managing their big ...

Nearly 21 million low-income kids should have an easier time affording food this summer, thanks to a new federal program that aims to reduce child hunger when school is not in session. The Summer ...

Parents value after-school programs, but demand far exceeds available capacity, particularly among low- and middle-income families, a new report finds. Families want after-school programming for about ...

Thriving Kids is a planned national program for children aged eight and under with developmental delay or autism who are assessed as having low to moderate support needs. The idea is to move these ...

LONDON/GENEVA, (March 25, 2025) – More than 7,100 children in emergency child protection programs run by Save the Children will lose access to services shielding them from family violence, child ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Chelsea covers the Department of Health and Human Services with a ...

Child abuse remains a serious problem: Nearly 700,000 children are abused in the U.S annually. No one needs an academic study to understand that abuse and neglect take a terrible toll on young people, ...

The Vigo County Homes for Children program announced Monday it has been awarded a $150,000 Phase I Planning Grant through Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Enhancing Residential Care for Children in Indiana ...

Intergenerational shared sites are not a new concept in the United States. Messiah Lifeways, a residential community for older adults in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, opened more than 40 years ago with ...