Annie E. Casey Foundation

A new report ranks Pennsylvania 20th nationally in child health and well-being, up from the 23rd position for many years, but experts say Pennsylvanian children and families are still reeling from the recent recession. The Annie E. Casey Foundation on...

BOSTON (Reuters) - New Hampshire is the best place in America for a child to live thanks to lower rates of child poverty, according to a report released on Wednesday measuring health, education and economic security. Holding onto the lead for the ninth...

Over the last decade there has been a significant decline in economic well-being for low income children and families. The Annie E. Casey Foundation in its annual Kids Count data book reports that the official child poverty rate increased 18 percent...

PIERRE - The numbers of teenagers under jurisdiction of the state Department of Corrections steadily fell during the past decade in South Dakota and dropped below 800 in the past year. The reasons are many, according to members of the state's Council on...

Texas Tribune Since abuse scandals rocked the Texas juvenile justice system in 2007, reforms have led to fewer youths in prison and less crime among youths, but a national report issued Tuesday indicates Texas could still improve. The report, by the...

Jarrettsville Elementary School, Patterson Mill Middle School and Patterson Mill High School are the recipients of the Harford County Public Library 2011 Summer Reading Trophies. The trophies were awarded to the elementary, middle and high school with...

Maryland schools are spending a fortune to raise achievement — $60,000 for each additional student who becomes proficient. It's too high a price for the results we have been getting. We need to do better. Between 2003 and 2009, Maryland increased...

A new study of statewide birthrate data shows nearly half of the births in Charlevoix and Emmet counties are paid by Medicaid. Right Start in Michigan and its counties 2011 report, by the Michigan League for Human Services, compiles birth rate data --...

Scott Levitan, development director of the 88-acre redevelopment project north of Johns Hopkins Hospital, was ready Thursday night to present area residents with new ideas for the project — a new park, a new school, a grocery store and other...

Baltimore needs a better way to handle juveniles who are charged as adults. The current system of housing them in a wing of the city's detention center is dangerous and inefficient. But a new report from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency...

The Baltimore housing department holiday charity event at the heart of three criminal charges against Mayor Sheila Dixon has been discontinued, city officials said Monday. Dixon declined to comment on the end of the Holly Trolley program, which was...

Caddo Juvenile Detention Center's small cell blocks are reserved mostly for teens charged with armed robbery, sex crimes and other violent felony offenses. Despite a reported increase in younger, more violent criminals on the streets of Shreveport -...