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  • Education

    Queerness is Beautiful

    A mental health crisis among trans and nonbinary children reflected in heartbreaking testimony begging the Department of Family and Protective Services to end investigations against families with trans youth.

    | Texas

  • Child Health

    Federal Resources Available to Improve Children’s Mental Health Care

    In the wake of the horrible school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a joint letter to states encouraging them to prioritize children’s mental health and well-being and to maximize all available federal funding streams to expand mental health services for children.

    | Ohio

  • Education

    Ohio Children Will Benefit from a More Diverse Educator Workforce

    The important role that teachers play in our lives, in the lives of our children, and in our society is undeniable – we can all remember our best teachers, how they made us feel, how they expanded our minds with new information, and how they met us where we were with patience, compassion, and high expectations of where we could go.

    | Ohio

  • Child Health

    Support AAPI Communities Every Month

    This month we’re taking a moment to do just that and direct you to follow the partners who lead the work to uplift AAPI communities.

    | Texas

  • HB 99 Will Put Ohio Children More at Risk

    Today, Children's Defense Fund-Ohio will be testifying in opposition to H.B. 99 in the Senate Veteran and Public Safety Committee. This dangerous legislation will put children more at risk of gun injury and death and will do nothing to keep them safer in schools.

    | Ohio

  • Child Health

    (Try to) Engage in Personal and Community Care

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is of even more importance this year, in the midst of an ongoing pandemic with many struggling to stay afloat in mental health and financial well-being.

    | Texas
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