Report: More than 1,000 kids have lost a caregiver to COVID-19 in Washington
More than 140,000 children in the United States have lost a parent or grandparent to COVID-19. In Washington, researchers estimate 1,428 children have suffered such a loss. The findings are part of a peer-reviewed study set to be published in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study analyzed death data from April 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, missing the devastation of the delta surge this fall. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review. (Libby Kamrowski)
Number of women in state policing remains low
For two decades, amid the rise of women to governor’s mansions, military leadership and even the vice presidency, the percentage of women among the ranks of state police officers has hardly budged. A Stateline analysis finds that nationally, just 7% of sworn state troopers are female. That’s a tiny gain from 2000, when the average female makeup of state police troopers was 6%, according to a 50-state census by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. Overall, women make up less than 13% of full-time police officers in the United States. Continue reading at Stateline. (Ted S. Warren)
Riccelli: We can end childhood hunger, and you can help
Megan’s kids used to hate getting the free and reduced-price lunch at school. Was there enough money to cover the lunch co-pay in their account? The stigma of choosing from the limited free and reduced-price lunch food options, announcing their family’s economic status, was embarrassing. For Megan, a mother of 5 who volunteers as the director of a nonprofit which supports re-entry for the formerly incarcerated, it was one more bill to worry about. Despite losing her job in August, however, food has not been Megan’s biggest worry. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review.
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