Clothing assistance program for needy kids under review as Morrisey announces $370M budget surplus

The same day Gov. Patrick Morrisey touted a $370 million revenue surplus, a program that provides school clothes to ...
Time

What the Children's Bureau Teaches us About Promoting Federal Programs

Follow this section to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Personalized Content Follow this tag to personalize your feed and get ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

A summer food assistance program for kids started this year, but 13 states declined the funds

People with SUN Bucks can buy produce, meat, fish, dairy products, bread, cereals, snack foods and non-alcoholic drinks. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s SUN Bucks doles out $40 per month over the ...
Save the Children

Federal Funding Freeze Jeopardizes Essential Learning Programs for Children

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 8, 2025) — Save the Children and its advocacy arm, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), are deeply concerned about the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to withhold ...
The New York Times

Children and Museums: You Can’t Start Early Enough

Many museums around the country have had children’s programs for years — but they are on the rise now more than ever. By Shivani Vora This article is part of our Museums special section about how ...
PBS

A new federal program helps provide meals to kids when school is not in session. These states opted out

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma is opting out of a new federal summer food program aimed at reducing childhood hunger that could have benefitted more than 400,000 children in the state this year. The program ...
phillyvoice.com

Strength training early in life can set up kids and adolescents for a lifetime of health and well-being

"Aren't they a little young for that?" This is a question I used to hear regularly from parents when I'd recommend strength training for the kids I worked with, whose ages ranged from 6 to 18 years ...