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Oregon State University researchers found that training and caring for family cats may increase activity and responsibility among children with developmental disabilities.
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WinterSpring has doubled its school-based grief support program, bringing free peer groups to 15 elementary, middle and high schools in Southern Oregon.
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Head Start is a federal childcare program that serves the country’s lowest-income families — those earning less than $33,000 a year for a family of four.
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Major Connections, a nonprofit founded by a Klamath Falls family, is creating an inclusive play center and community hub for people with disabilities and their families.
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Play Street, which opened last week, is open to all children but focused on those with disabilities.
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Klamath Basin Behavioral Health is expanding free community events in Klamath County to help children build resilience and reduce the long-term impacts of childhood trauma.
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Gov. Tina Kotek joined youth advocates and supporters of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library last week to sign the library program into state law.
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A record high number of Oregon kindergartners entered school without required vaccines this year, new state data shows.
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Even in states like Oregon without an explicit “failure to protect” law, abused mothers can face prison time.
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Leaders from the Albina Vision Trust join one of the co-founders of the Ashland community group, All Together Now, to discuss the process of collectively envisioning the future of local communities.
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Klamath Basin Behavioral Health is expanding free community events in Klamath County to help children build resilience and reduce the long-term impacts of childhood trauma.
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The disappointing trend comes shortly after the state settled a class-action lawsuit and promised to reduce the rate of abuse.
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A California lawmaker wants to bring more families into the state's formal child support system, a move that advocates say could reduce child poverty. Her plan is moving forward in the Legislature, but even supporters have questions about how it could affect family dynamics.
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Devin Price is co-founder and executive director of the Southern Oregon Hoop Factory, which provides a 'holistic' approach to developing the bodies, minds and character of youth through sports.