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Mental health practitioners, educators and students testified on the mental health needs of kids and teenagers before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Childre…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families held a hearing on the treatment of rare diseases. Experts testified on providing better access to medic…

Hearings to examine paid family leave, focusing on the benefits for businesses and working families.

The Children and Families Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions convened a hearing to learn more about child trafficking issues facing states. A Health and Human Services…

Hearings to examine the challenges of prevention and identification in child trafficking and private re-homing.

Witnesses testified on the reauthorization of the Newborn Screen Saves Lives Act. The law gives grants to states to screen newborn babies for health conditions.

Witnesses testified at a Senate hearing on existing child abuse laws and ways to improve reporting requirements. Witnesses talked about personal stories of abuse, the emotional damage abuse …

Witnesses testified before the committee about the situation facing military families during the War in Iraq. They discussed state-level strategies for alleviating the burden on military fam…

Witnesses testified about the detection and prevention of birth defects. Among the topics they addressed were advances made in the medical field in the area of birth defects, the use of vita…

Witnesses testified about wide disparities from state to state in screening for genetic and metabolic disorders in newborn children during a hearing of the Senate Health Subcommittee on Chil…

Witnesses testified about the problem of teen and young-adult suicide in America, prevention programs, and other possible solutions to the problem.

Subcommittee members heard testimony from officials from community services programs in New York and California regarding legislation that would reauthorize block grants for community servic…