California sent more than 1,000 vulnerable children to out-of-state facilities run by a for-profit company. Reports of rampant abuse followed. Now, confronted with a Chronicle and Imprint investigation, the state is bringing every child home.
Mental Health & Trauma
Immigration restrictions and hostile rhetoric against the undocumented have had a heavy emotional toll, not only for migrant families, but also for the activists who advocate for them.
Parents and teachers demanded reviews into the Sheriff’s Office program. Some called for it to be canceled.
At Saucedo Elementary in Little Village, Olga Contreras is fighting back against palpable learning loss — one day and one student at a time.
The transition to virtual services upends parents hoping to get kids back from protective services.
In a recent survey, more than three-quarters of nursing home residents said they did not leave their rooms to socialize.
Educators in low-income communities embraced meditation as a way to help students manage stress and anxiety in school. Can it help kids cope with being stuck at home?
In one of the many cruelties of COVID-19, elderly Americans most at risk of dying from the disease are also more likely to experience crushing loneliness and isolation. The stakes go beyond mental health: Loneliness is a predictor of functional decline and death. Isolation was already a growing prob
In our highly connected world, abusers use technology against victims to monitor, threaten, harass, and hurt them.
The lack of consistency in screening abuse reports is concerning enough for state legislators to consider changes to North Carolina’s system.