Giving City: Nonprofit launches an uncommon approach to child welfare

Giving City: Nonprofit launches an uncommon approach to child welfare

Despite all efforts in Austin to provide mentors and support to our most challenged children, too many fall through the cracks. So a nonprofit new to Austin, Friends of the Children, aims to find those children and serve them with an innovative model its board chair calls “common sense, but not common practice.”

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Preteens accused of crimes won’t be locked up at Cook County juvenile center

Preteens accused of crimes won’t be locked up at Cook County juvenile center

Does high-quality early education reduce interactions with the juvenile justice system?

Does high-quality early education reduce interactions with the juvenile justice system?