This recent Star Tribune article by James Eli Shiffer hits on a touchstone to light the fire needed to fix child well-being, racial disparity, schools, juvenile justice and public safety in our community. "Trying to get information out of...
Now, they greet him and start a conversation. "It takes a lot longer to walk down the halls," said Satterberg, the elected prosecutor in Seattle's King County. The friendlier attitude reflects a campaign underway here and elsewhere around the...
A person is considered to be a cancer survivor from the time of cancer diagnosis until the end of life. There are almost 14.5 million cancer survivors alive in the United States today. That number will grow to almost 19 million by 2024. It is...
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to come up with ways to reduce the number of people unnecessarily behind bars. The grants are the first step in the Chicago-based charitable group's...
Towards the end of last year, a shocking statistic appeared deep in the pages of a World Health Organisation report . It was this: suicide has become the leading killer of teenage girls, worldwide. More girls aged between 15 and 19 die...
In its second survey of the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the state, Tennessee Young Child Wellness Council and the state's Department of Health found that 52% of its residents experienced at least one ACE, and 21% have...
Last week a federal jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death, and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh issued a statement expressing "hope [that] this verdict provides a small amount of closure" to everyone affected by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. His words were echoed by other officials and victims. "The verdict, undoubtedly a difficult decision for the jury, gives me relief and closure as well as the ability to keep moving forward," said transit police officer Richard Donohue, who was...
Watching a circle of 4- to 5-year-old children sitting with their teacher talking about whatever pops into their heads could make any adult smile. Kids say the darndest things, don’t they? Sometimes, though, what they say can be painful...
How well I still remember one of the anthems of my generation: “For the times they are a changin’.” And how applicable these words continue to be, especially in our world of Child, Youth and Family Services. It seems...
Last year, the city of Lakewood, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland, paid $507,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by the owners of an apartment complex that hosted a church-operated re-entry program for formerly incarcerated youth. Young...
On May 12, Al-Jazeera America ran a story about a social justice-focused urban design conference hosted by the African American Student Union (AASU) of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, just days before protests...
Provo • Police Chief John King on Tuesday called for the Utah Legislature to accept federal funds to extend health insurance for thousands more state residents to prevent future crime, as well as save money. King made his plea along with a...
Human Rights Watch has released a report, Callous and Cruel, on the "unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force" used in jails and prison to control inmates with mental illness. It's an issue that NAMI has long been concerned with, except...
Anxiety and depression are fairly prevalent. One of the most common mental health disorders in the U.S., in 2012 the National Institute of Health found that almost 7% of adults had experienced a major depressive episode in the previous year....
When Debbie Adair began teaching Enochs High School seniors a new unit she had introduced into her English classes called “Ending the Culture of Violence” last January, “eight or nine kids came forward.” “Most of...