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Florida Shelter Is Scrutinized For The Way It Handles Migrant Children - NPR

February 13, 2019

Hundreds of migrant children are housed at a South Florida shelter, which is under scrutiny because it’s the only one to be run by a for-profit corporation and is not overseen by state regulators.…

Florida Detention Center Expands, Packing In Migrant Children ‘Like Sardines’ - HuffPost

February 12, 2019

At a detention center in Homestead, Florida, a group of immigrant teens are packed into cold rooms that can hold 70 to 250 kids, given a substandard education and detained for more than six months, according to interviews done by five legal and child psychology…

Migrant children in U.S. are being held in unlicensed shelters, lawyers say - CBS News

January 24, 2019

Some facilities holding unaccompanied migrant children are operating illegally without licenses and committing several other violations, according to a team of lawyers who oversee a court-ordered agreement dictating where — and how — the government can house the children.…

These Oregon Students with Disabilities Say They Often Spent Just 20 Minutes at School a Day. Now They’re Suing the State - The 74

January 22, 2019

Experiences like Aidin’s form the centerpiece of a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday against the State of Oregon and its education department, alleging public schools in the state unnecessarily shorten school days for children with disabilities who experience behavioral challenges.…

Special ed lawsuit against Oregon ed dept., Gov Brown filed by disability rights advocates - Salem Statesman Journal

January 22, 2019

The state of Oregon has denied hundreds of children with disabilities the opportunity to attend the full day of school they are entitled to by federal law.…

Shortened school day lawsuit aims to make Oregon a national example of what not to do - Portland Tribune

January 22, 2019

A lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that the state is violating the rights of “hundreds” of students with disabilities by allowing districts to shorten their school days, but not the school days of other students.…

A champion of children, Gov. Kelly faces heat to fix Kansas system as lawsuit looms - Kansas City Star

January 15, 2019

Gov. Laura Kelly has fought for years to help fix Kansas’ troubled foster care system, where kids have gone missing and slept in offices because there were no beds. Now that she’s leading the state, the former senator faces pressure to turn around the system…

Huge migrant teen detention camp in Texas shutting down - The Associated Press

January 11, 2019

TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — The nonprofit running what once was the largest U.S. detention camp housing migrant teenagers said the last children left the facility Friday.…

School funding ignores growing need of homeless students in rural California - San Francisco Chronicle

January 10, 2019

In the Bay Area, homelessness is impossible to ignore. Local politicians, philanthropists and business leaders regularly propose programs and pledge millions of dollars in funding to end the crisis. But just down the coast in Monterey County, a homelessness crisis is exploding out of sight…

As Homelessness Rises, Salinas Officials Make Strides in Identifying Vulnerable Students - KQED

January 9, 2019

You can measure Cheryl Camany’s effectiveness at identifying homeless students by the stacks of pink paper piled around her office.…