AltWeeklies Wire
Overdue Foster Care Reform Coming Soonnew
Gov. Phil Bryant has started advocating for a Children’s Cabinet to help run the state’s foster-care system since his administration was forced to act on a seven-year lawsuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-30-2015 |
Children & Families
Teen Pregnancy, Misunderstoodnew
The real things that cause teens to get pregnant are the exact problems he doesn't want to address— poverty, underfunded education and lack of access to quality, nonjudgmental health care.
Jackson Free Press |
Laurie Bertram Roberts |
05-16-2014 |
Children & Families
The Amazing Toughness of Kidsnew
All kids need is love and attention, and they'll grow into amazing people.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L Nave |
04-25-2014 |
Children & Families
Raising Kids Au Naturalenew
Mayes Lake is a great place to unplug with kids. It offers proximity to Jackson and relative quiet.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
09-06-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: kids
7 Innings to Extraordinary Kidsnew
All kids can be extraordinary if adults believe they can—and help them achieve Level 6 thinking.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
08-06-2012 |
Children & Families
Who Gets Hurt in Budget Cuts?new
Quick, when budget cuts target programs like Medicare, who suffers the most? It's not a trick question.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
04-06-2012 |
Children & Families
Mississippi Settles Foster Care Suitnew
Mississippi Attorney General is confident in a new foster care reform plan, which other states can imitate.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
11-20-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Girls Shackled, Abusednew
Staff at the Columbia Training School for troubled girls allegedly shackled eight girls, some for more than a week -- will this mean that Columbia, which is already under a federal consent decree, must finally close?
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
06-07-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Mississippi Defenseless in Federal Suitnew
Mississippi has announced it will settle a suit regarding widespread abuses in its foster care system. But the fate of children like John A. tell the real story.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
04-12-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Training Schools Flunk Againnew
Three years after the state reached a consent decree with the Department of Justice, students are still beaten by staff at the state's paramilitary schools, and reform has been too slow.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
11-30-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Home, Bitter Homenew
Mississippi has the second highest rate of domestic violence in the country -- what are we going to do about it?
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie A. Collier |
10-19-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
State Medicaid Drops 55,000 Childrennew
State Medicaid officials laud budget savings, but the savings come through cutting children from the rolls.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-05-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Children of the Stormnew
The Children's Defense Fund aims to renew the Gulf Coast's children.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie A. Collier |
05-18-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Pass/Fail: Student Drug Testing for Jackson Public Schools?new
Jackson, Mississippi's new mayor, Frank Melton, wants every public school student drug tested. Such a plan is unconstitutional and would be expensive, too.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-13-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Driving While Young: Why a City's Curfew Isn't All Thatnew
When she got up the morning of July 10, 2003, Leslie Berryhill did not know she was going to face the "scariest thing" of her short life. But the Jackson, Miss., youth curfew had landed the 17-year-old in jail -- and no one called to tell her frightened parents anything about it.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-13-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
