Kids + Family

A bill advancing through the state Legislature would classify encouraging a minor to kill themself on social media as felony manslaughter if they die.

The Department of Child Safety is backing a package of bills to reform Arizona’s child welfare agency.

The statute, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Carine Werner, requires DCS to identify a liaison for each tribe, who is then responsible for providing technical assistance and coordinating communication. The agency will also share best practices, policies, training materials and operational standards.

Arizona has received an $8.4 million grant to serve early education, from birth through 5 years old. The money will help refine and improve the state’s current early childhood education systems and programs.

A new proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would move legal appointments for unaccompanied immigrant children to an online platform.

Arizona loses billions of dollars every year due to what's being labeled a child care crisis by a group of business leaders who’ve been studying the issue for nearly a decade.

The Scottsdale Unified School District has started planning for the future of two campuses that are set to close at the end of the school year.

Parents of children with autism rallied at the Arizona Capitol after insurers with the state’s Medicaid program canceled contracts with two large therapy providers.

Richard Reeves is president of the American Institute for Boys and Men and author of the 2022 book "Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters and What to Do About It." The Show spoke with him earlier about the problems boys are facing in the classroom and we started with in which ways boys are not succeeding in school right now.

The facilities are officially called Family Residential Centers, and a new report from the Children’s Equity Project at ASU examines the impact they’re having on kids who are sent there.