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Erie Neighborhood House Helps Navigate Child Welfare System
Navigating the child welfare system can be an overwhelming experience for many families. I am sure that as professionals in the field you may have witnessed this on countless occasions…. Read more
Sixty Percent Fewer Out of School Suspensions
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) releases a mid-year data report revealing a 60 percent reduction in suspensions and 38 percent reduction in expulsions across all grades in School Year 2014-2015 (SY… Read more
J. Sterling Morton East Freshmen Center to Participate in Annual Tech 2015
The annual TECH 2015 Students for the Information Age event will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 1pm-3pm at the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield. J. Sterling… Read more
March is National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month, which is a nice time of the year to reevaluate our health goals. This is especially important in case those we made in January for… Read more
Howard Brown Health Center to Expand Services for Homeless, LGBTQ Youth
Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) will initiate a community planning process to design the future home of the Broadway Youth Center (BYC) on the second floor of HBHC’s main facility… Read more
Seven Year-Old Boy in Need of Hope
Everyday more Latinos are being diagnosed with diabetes and are struggling with renal failure. When the kidneys stop functioning, the consequences are devastating and the lack of treatment or an… Read more
National Alcohol Awareness Month: Underage Binge Drinking on the Rise
Very soon thousands of Illinois teenagers will walk across the stage to receive their high school diplomas. Families will congregate to celebrate these achievements. It is an exciting time full… Read more
Rush Medical Center Goes Bald to Fight Childhood Cancer
Members of the Rush Community had their heads shaved to help the St. Baldrick’s Foundation raise awareness and money for pediatric cancer research on March 18th at Rush University Medical… Read more
The Vitter Amendment
by Daniel Nardini An amendment proposed by U.S. Senator David Vitter (Republican-Louisiana) would forever strip away birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and legal permanent residents in the United… Read more
A Court Case in Bad Taste
by Daniel Nardini It all began when the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) wanted the State of Texas to allow those members of the SCV to have the Confederate flag… Read more »