The city has asked a local nonprofit to stop feeding homeless people in a public park – the latest move in Costa Mesa’s attempt to reduce its homeless population. Dwelling 222 hosts a potluck every Wednesday at Wilson Park as a way...
We’ve long known that suffering physical or sexual abuse in childhood negatively affects mental health for life. But recently, researchers have uncovered a link between more common forms of childhood adversity and chronic physical conditions...
At a time when many families are looking for back-to-school bargains, others are coming into their pediatricians' offices looking for answers about their children's behavior. "He never stops moving." "His teacher thinks I should have him...
What would happen if the mental health system fully recognized the pervasive and profound impacts of trauma on their clients? How might a deeper appreciation of the multi-faceted sequelae of childhood maltreatment and toxic stressors reshape...
A crowd of 2,000+ educators in Topeka, KS…120 staff, board members, youth and invited guests at Hanna Boys Center in Sonoma, CA…41 people at the Sonoma County (CA) Public Health Department….wherever Paper Tigers is...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Using the ANTHC Healthy Youth Relationships Community Toolkit The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has collaborated with rural and urban communities to make locally and culturally-relevant resources...
An engaging, multimedia training series on healthcare and domestic violence eligible for 3.25 free CME/CEs is now available online! The title of the training series is “Domestic and Sexual Violence (DV/SV), The Impact on Health, and the...
Since 1999, Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit has served the needs of runaway, homeless and at-risk LGBT youth. In fact, it's the only organization in the country that has a residential program for LGBT youth in the foster care and juvenile justice system....
In May 2009, about four years after Katrina destroyed most of New Orleans, a locally based research nonprofit called the Bureau of Governmental Research issued a key finding: Subsidized housing will assist more of the poorest households...
To show the magnitude of the growing homeless problem in San Diego County, Father Joe’s Villages on Tuesday set up a temporary “sea of shoes” on 16th Street and Newton Avenue. Each pair of tennis shoes, sandals, combat...
"Now, how do you think a dad feels when his son wants to getthis?" That's the question YouTuber and proud dad Mikki Willis asked viewers, while holding a mermaid doll in a video posted online on Aug. 23, 2015, his son, Azai, trying not to...
For the past 18 years I have been working in Camden, New Jersey, a city that has been called America's poorest and most violent city of its size. During that time, I helped to found Hopeworks, an organization that works with youth ages 14-23...
I recently released an E-Book on an innovative, new school safety resource site founded by innovator, Dolores E. Beaugez. In her words, "I invite you to use what we have learned, and help us make a world for our children where it is...
On Monday, Pitchfork Senior Editor Jessica Hopper asked the Twitterverse: “Gals/other marginalized folks: what was your 1st brush (in music industry, journalism, scene) w/ idea that you didn’t...
Ten years ago Risa Lavizzo-Mourey visited Gulfport, Mississippi, and witnessed firsthand the devastation and ruin wrought by Hurricane Katrina. “We may not be able to fix the broken levees, restore ruined cities, house the homeless, or...