SOUTH BEND — After 22 years, Brenda Matuszkiewicz is retiring as executive director of the Court Appointed Special Advocates program in St. Joseph County where volunteers assist and represent abused ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Federal and local funding cuts are forcing Community Kitchen of Myrtle Beach to scale back its Children’s Hunger Initiative Program. CHIP started nearly 10 years ago to make ...

One of Colorado’s best ski deals for families will be even better this winter when Colorado Ski Country USA’s venerable Kids Passport program expands to include kindergarten through second grade. The ...

Two preschoolers at Children’s Day Preschool in Passaic, N.J., play on the monkey bars during recess. Passaic is one of 31 New Jersey districts receiving state support to provide preschool for local ...

A man is facing charges after deputies say he fired a shot during a fight at a nightclub in Marlboro County. One person is dead, and a driver is charged after a Robeson County crash earlier this month ...

The News-Press would have displayed its journalism chops if the headline was something along the line of “Kirk was an ...

The city’s Head Start preschool programs will not be required to close this school year, but the change injected fresh uncertainty into an unsettled early childhood system. By Troy Closson New York ...

Bentley Risner and Jayden Foster (back) listen as William Campbell and Jason Henderson share tips on music production Tuesday at SUNE Records for Mentoring with Music. LIMA — Mentoring with Music was ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — An expanded summer job training program is helping local youth develop soft skills that will follow them in any career path. Jacey Darrow joined this year’s Ascend Youth Summer Work ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Quianna Jenkins had her first child at 19, her second at 21 and her third at 27. As a young mother, the first two put an incredible financial strain on Jenkins and her longtime partner ...

The researcher and author Jean Twenge has a prescription for the harmful effects of screen time on children. If only parents would listen. By Catherine Pearson Jean Twenge’s three teenage daughters ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Nebraska’s foster children spend an average of 20 months in foster care, with three family and school placements during that time. A Department of Education grant-funded, ...