Over a three-year period, disabled students in San Benito County dropped out at more than twice the rate of the general student population.
Children & Families
As a condition of probation, thousands of people must comply with court orders to get mental health treatment. If they lose insurance, many could wind up behind bars without committing a crime.
Multi-tier support is helping to lower suspension numbers, but Latinos are still disproportionately represented in suspensions and dropout rates.
Hard-won lessons from an investigation into ICE's failure to provide adequate medical care to detainees on its privately chartered jets.
Renters are left out in the cold when their new landlord raises the rent by hundreds of dollars or requires all renters move out before they take over the building.
Dr. Clayton Chau, director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, joined a group of Asian American medical providers, officials, advocates and journalists to speak about mental health.
“There are many Oregonians who believe strongly enough in medical freedom that the vaccine issue makes them single-issue voters.”
Many of the topics we report on every day benefit when viewed through a child-focused lens.
A new article published by the East-West Center outlines how the state can effectively stem the rapidly growing coronavirus cases in the Pacific Islander community.
Like many expectant mothers, Renee Schoolfield had worries and questions about her baby’s health. But her pregnancy was partly shadowed by her experiences in 2018, when she lost two children months apart shortly after they were born.