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The number of youth held in juvenile justice facilities in California and across the U.S. dropped 75% between 2000 and 2022 – according to a new policy brief from the Sentencing Project. Researchers say it reflects big declines in youth offending and arrests – and lower rates of incarceration during the pandemic....
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New research shows Indigenous youth comprise more than a third of the children in Montana’s foster care system, despite making up a far smaller segment of the state’s overall population. Researchers said addressing the problem is challenging. Data from the National Center for Juvenile Justice show the number of Indigenous...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service Una nueva ley acaba de entrar en vigor en California, otorgando a los niños de Medi-Cal de 12 años o más el derecho a dar su consentimiento para recibir atención de salud mental por su cuenta. Antes, sólo los jóvenes con seguro privado podían...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service A new law just took effect in California, giving children on Medi-Cal age 12 and older the right to consent to mental health care on their own. Before, only young people on private insurance could consent to outpatient mental health services independently of their parents, and...
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Jeannine Chiang Ethnic Media Services El tiempo corre para TikTok, la popular plataforma de redes sociales que cuenta con 150 millones de usuarios mensuales en los EE. UU. citando la seguridad nacional, la Administración Biden ordenó en abril a la empresa de propiedad china vender sus operaciones en Estados...
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Jeannine Chiang Ethnic Media Services The clock is ticking for TikTok, the wildly popular social media platform that boasts 150 million monthly users in the U.S. Citing national security the Biden Administration in April ordered the Chinese-owned company to sell its US operations within a year or be banned....
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Los defensores de los niños están presionando a los legisladores de California para que aprueben un proyecto de ley que aumentaría la supervisión de los planes de salud cuando niegan servicios de salud mental a los niños. En este momento, los padres tienen que solicitar una revisión a su...
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Children’s advocates are pressing California lawmakers to pass a bill that would increase oversight on health plans when they deny mental health services for children. Right now, parents have to ask their health plan for a review when a child’s mental health condition isn’t covered by their insurance –...
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Sandra Martínez Península 360 Press Los muertos en Gaza han superado los 28 mil, cientos de organizaciones se han declarado en contra del apoyo que Estados Unidos brinda a Israel para continuar con la guerra y muertes en Gaza, por lo que la organización YUCA en East Palo Alto, se ha...