A proposed task force would review the state’s foster care system to reduce the number of children who run away, a situation that often places them at risk of being trafficked for sex. The new group ...

Feb. 15—The Crimes Against Children Task Force is already making a difference, and Feb. 10, organizers and members gathered for the official launch. District Attorney Jenny Palmer, Henderson County ...

Governor Josh Stein announced the release of the North Carolina Task Force on Child Care and Early Education’s 2025 year-end ...

Nearly 20% of all children in the US have what’s considered to be a high body mass index, the measure that practitioners use to determine whether a person has obesity. New draft guidelines released ...

A national advisory organization has come down on the side of behavioral interventions, not obesity medications, to help children 6 and older with high BMI improve their health, wading into the debate ...

Purdue University President Mung Chiang has formed a task force to increase the available capacity of two of the three child care centers that operate on campus, which serve children ages 6 weeks to ...