Children & Families

To keep children from being committed under the Baker Act, some schools are addressing early childhood trauma and changing their approach to student discipline.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

In the midst of the pandemic, a new foster care model based on community living and known as a "children's village" has opened up to foster youth on the Cheyenne River Reservation.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Child welfare cases are at a 14-year high months after Los Angeles County’s Dependency Court reopened in June. Families and attorneys are struggling in virtual courtrooms.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Housing and Homeslessness, Patient Safety and Ethics

Data shows children who are committed under the Baker Act often are referred by school officials. School shootings and other incidents have placed more pressure on officials to intervene.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Community Safety