Child and Family Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/child-and-family/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:14:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Child and Family Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/child-and-family/ 32 32 163009088 Chicago-based Organization works to combat outsized effect of lead drinking water contamination impacting daycare centers https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:14:40 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846854 Elevate, a Chicago-based nonprofit, continues its work to deliver lead-free water to children in underserved communities. The organization tackles elevated lead levels in municipal drinking water with the highest levels occurring in communities of color. Water levels in Chicago-area homes must meet the Environmental Protection Agency action level of 15 parts of lead per billion […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/feed/ 0 7846854 Families can support kids’ mental health whether they’re learning remotely or at school – here’s how https://www.chicagoreporter.com/families-can-support-kids-mental-health-whether-theyre-learning-remotely-or-at-school-heres-how/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/families-can-support-kids-mental-health-whether-theyre-learning-remotely-or-at-school-heres-how/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:40:58 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6368651 Good mental health is the ability to adapt to changes and stress. Whatever school looks like, parents can help keep kids' social-emotional development on track in these four areas.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/families-can-support-kids-mental-health-whether-theyre-learning-remotely-or-at-school-heres-how/feed/ 0 6368651 Solitary confinement of juveniles on the rise in Cook County https://www.chicagoreporter.com/solitary-confinement-of-juveniles-on-the-rise-in-cook-county/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/solitary-confinement-of-juveniles-on-the-rise-in-cook-county/#comments Tue, 01 May 2018 21:01:30 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=2037670 As other cities and states have moved to ban using solitary confinement as punishment for teens, the practice has increased at one of the largest juvenile jails in the country.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/solitary-confinement-of-juveniles-on-the-rise-in-cook-county/feed/ 2 2037670 Just 1 percent of Cook County foster children get special advocates https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:25:49 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=413339 Of thousands of abuse and neglect cases in the child welfare system, few get much-needed adult support from the Court Appointed Special Advocates program, known as CASA.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/feed/ 1 413339 Juveniles in police custody to get more legal protections in Illinois https://www.chicagoreporter.com/juveniles-in-police-custody-to-get-more-legal-protections-in-illinois/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/juveniles-in-police-custody-to-get-more-legal-protections-in-illinois/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:00:58 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=330254 New legislation would require the presence of an attorney and videotaped interrogations when minors are questioned in serious crimes.

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