Interagency Children's Policy Council

"The study found caregivers of young children in low-income unstable housing are subjected to significant negative health effects, becoming two times more likely than those in stable housing to be in fair or poor health, and almost three times more likely to report depressive symptoms. Children aged four and under in these families had almost a 20 percent increased risk of hospitalization, and over a 25 percent increased risk of developmental delays."

The East Bay Consortium of Support Programs for Formerly Incarcerated Students First Bi-Annual Convening. Friday, April 6, 2018 at Chabot College. The consortium is a committed group of professionals dedicated to supporting the educational aspirations of formerly incarcerated and systems impacted students. The convening is for students, potential students, higher education administrators, faculty and staff, elected officials, government and community stakeholders, or anyone who works with the reentry population and interested in learning how to empower and support formerly incarcerated students.

In Alameda County, 9.9% of youth ages 16-24 are disconnected, meaning they are not in school and also do not have a job. Find out more in this interactive tool based on the "More Than a Million Reasons for Hope: Youth Disconnection in America Today" report from Measure of America

From Alameda County Office of Education - How can arts support education equity in CA schools? Take action for arts equity at the Arts Now Bay Area Summit on Sat 4/7 in Oakland!

With just months to go before California’s SB607 ban on willful defiance suspensions in early primary grades is set to expire, youth advocates are pushing for passage of a bill that would both continue the ban and expand it to include all grades from K through 12. Advocates say suspensions for behaviors teachers & admin deem defiant or disruptive are too subjective & are disproportionately meted out to students of color, via EdSource