Milo Perkins, the administrator of the first food stamp program in the late 1930s, described the reason for its existence as such: “We got a picture of a gorge, with farm surpluses on one cliff and under-nourished city folks with outstretched hands on the other. We set out to find…...
Why Health Matters to Education
Earlier this week, Governor Heineman vetoed a bill to provide grants to help with the start-up costs of new school-based health centers. School-based health centers are just what the name implies: a health center housed within a school. It’s a concept that takes the idea of a school nurse and expands it to…...
Legislature sets the stage for juvenile justice reform
A great deal of public attention has been focused on Nebraska’s child welfare system’s flaws over the past few years. Our juvenile justice system, which actually serves just as many vulnerable children and families, has received comparatively little. Yet data show that youth in our juvenile justice system are often…...
