The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cut two federal programs that spend more than $1 billion a year to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches, meaning children are less ...

A 30-year-old effort that mobilized families to get routine vaccines for children will save a million lives and trillions of dollars, a new analysis found. The Vaccines for Children program, ...

Home visitor programs are run by local governments and nonprofit organizations and are funded largely through a federal program.

VANESSA. THANK YOU. A LOCAL PROGRAM AIMS TO HELP CHILDREN COPE AND OVERCOME SOME OF THE TRIALS THAT COME WITH HAVING A PARENT THAT STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION. HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THE HANLEY FOUNDATION ...

The beloved Muppets are teaching children how to deal with complex emotions. — -- Big Bird and his "Sesame Street" buddies are taking on a new mission: helping kids learn to cope with stress and ...

A woman makes a sign for the Children's Bureau in Washington DC in November 1923. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is tearing through the federal government agency by agency, slashing ...

If confirmed by the Senate to be the nation’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have vast powers over immunization policies for children and adults. By Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay ...

A rendering of the Troy Street cabin site that was part of a presentation by Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe’s office. (Photo courtesy of San Diego County) The county Board of Supervisors on ...