Children & Families

Medical professionals and researchers have long studied the effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and lifelong mental health and addiction. Now awareness is growing of the link between childhood trauma on long-term physical health.

For the past decade, the vast majority of the young people in Louisville’s secure detention facility have been black. A reporter wonders why more people aren't talking about the disparity.

Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.

After learning about a Vietnam veteran who moved into his car after Hurricane Harvey, volunteers from the Texas Gulf Coast jumped in to help him clean up his home.

A new California survey of pregnant and new mothers paints a bleak picture of what it’s like to be a black mother.

The reporting is supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund.

This work is supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund....

This story was produced as a project for the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Fellowship....

This reporting is supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. 
 

Mothers who have experienced trauma and live stressful lives often make bad choices. Gabriela's story is a heartbreaking example.