YOUTH

The second year team “Discovery Polybotz” from the Discovery Polytech High School in Springfield, has entered the robotics world with the pedal to the metal, quickly making a name for themselves.

Springfield Gándara Center celebrates the launch of its Young Adult Supportive Living Program, the newest addition to the young adult housing program, SHINE.

According to The Boston Globe, turnover among caseworkers at the state's child welfare agency, long a troubling norm, has spiked since the COVID pandemic. And that's caused instability for children while threatening to undermine the agency's mission.

NEPM's Hunger Awareness Week coverage begins with a visit to the cafeteria at JFK Middle School in Northampton. For about six years, the district's nutrition director has reminded students to take fruits and vegetables in the lunch line, and now oversees a program that sends food home with some students on the weekend.

Trump saw a 10% increase in youth votes compared with 2020

Newly registered high school students express their opinions and concerns about becoming new voters.

Massachusetts state Sen. Joan Lovely continues to push for her bill to eliminate of the state's statute of limitations on civil cases alleging child sexual abuse. Lovely has a strategy for getting a vote on her proposed bill during the current informal session.

An early childhood education program in western Massachusetts is partnering with Springfield Technical Community College to expand affordable child care for marginalized families on the college's campus.

President Joe Biden stepped aside as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate this week and has endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, for the job. The announcement sparked a barrage of memes and attention from major pop culture figures like Charli XCX tweeting “Kamala is Brat.”

Advocates said the pills and supplements are "dangerously under-regulated products" that can trigger a wave of health problems in young people, including eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, heart attacks, strokes and liver damage.