Children

The percentage of 1 and 2-year-olds who had their blood tested for lead reached an all time high in 2023.

Corrections officials say maintaining strong family bonds can improve outcomes for children and their incarcerated parents.

Financial constraints kept Vermont lawmakers from funding the proposal. State Treasurer Mike Pieciak said he’s still hopeful the program will materialize.

A state representative has teamed up with a group of students to name a state mushroom.

We listen to a recent episode of Brave Little State about the child care shortage in Vermont.

The recently enacted PUMP Act requires most employers to provide private lactation spaces, but does not provide monetary support to do so.

A student at Hazen Union School in Hardwick wanted to learn more about his school's free and reduced meals program. So he made a podcast about it.

Vermont will be reaching out to about 3,000 families with children ages 2 to 6 to learn about why some families haven't gotten the blood tests to detect lead poisoning.

The bill would raise the legal age for marriage to 18.

Ben & Jerry’s has released a statement promising to take decisive action when it learns of child labor on dairy farms supplying milk for its products.That's in response to a story from the New York Times about migrant children working in conditions in violation of labor laws across the U.S.