San Joaquin County Local Families & Children News Articles and Digest

Education Families & Children City of Tracy

Apply for City of Tracy Youth Internships

04/04/2025
Applications are open for the City of Tracy Mayor’s Summer Youth Internship Program.

Families & Children Health Seniors State of California

California Has a Lot to Lose if Trump Slashes Medicaid. Seniors, Kids and More Could Face Coverage Cuts

02/27/2025
Almost 15 million Californians have health care coverage through Medi-Cal, a program that stands to lose billions of dollars if Republicans follow through on proposed cuts.

From CalMatters...

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‘It Was Just a Regular Morning’: Californians Picked Up in Recent ICE Raids Include Kids, Volunteers

02/10/2025
Interviews suggest some people swept up in Trump’s immigration crackdown are dedicated to their families and communities — not hardened criminals.

From CalMatters...

Families & Children Health State of California

California Birth Centers Are Shutting Down. A Lawmaker Has a New Plan to Help Them

12/02/2024
Birth centers are midwife-run facilities that deliver babies outside of hospitals. They have struggled to stay in business in part because of strict state licensing requirements.

From Manteca Bulletin...

Families & Children Transportation Community Service & Support

Bikes for Kids to Donate 300 Bicycles

11/14/2024
Help Bikes for Kids meet their goal of refurbishing 300 previously owned bikes to be donated on December 14 to underprivileged children. Learn more and volunteer.

From CalMatters...

Education Families & Children State of California

California Schools Brace for Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants, Trans Students and ‘Woke’ Curriculum

11/13/2024
More than 115,000 children in California were undocumented in the most recent census count, and it’s estimated almost half of California children have at least one immigrant parent.

From Tracy Press...

Families & Children Homelessness Community Service & Support Rotary Club of Tracy McHenry House Tracy Family Shelter

Tracy Rotary Donates to McHenry House Family Shelter

11/08/2024
On October 30, the Tracy Rotary presented a donation of $10,000 to support the McHenry House Family Shelter expansion project.

From CapPublicRadio...

Families & Children County of Sacramento

Applications Open For Sacramento County Guaranteed Income Program

09/23/2024
Applications are open for up to 200 low-income Black and Indigenous families in Sacramento County with children age 5 and under as part of a state-funded one-year guaranteed income pilot program.

From CalMatters...

Families & Children Health State of California

They Delivered 5,600 Babies. They Blame California Rules for Putting Them Out of Business

08/25/2024
Birth centers are popular options for families who want to deliver a baby outside of a hospital. Nineteen of them closed in California in the past decade, deepening the state’s maternity care crisis.

From Manteca Bulletin...

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Teen Center Seeks Volunteers, Donations

08/07/2024
With its opening still months away, the Thomas Toy Teen Center is seeking donations and volunteers, and is hosting an open house on August 15.

From Manteca Bulletin...

Art, Culture & Media Education Families & Children

New Teen Center Offers Sneak Preview

07/26/2024
The new Thomas Toy Community Center at 602 East Yosemite Avenue in Manteca opened for a "sneak preview" game night on July 25 and received positive reviews from local teens.

From LodiNews...

Education Families & Children

Group Seeking Donations for School Backpacks

07/11/2024
As the new school year approaches, local community group is seeking community donations to help it reach its goal of acquiring 1,500 backpacks for distribution to underprivileged children this summer.

From Manteca Bulletin...

Education Families & Children Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Donations of Food and School Supplies Sought

07/10/2024
San Joaquin County community group Ray of Hope is urgently seeking donations of food and school supplies to help fill the summer gap in meals for school age youth and to prepare for the coming school year.

From CalMatters...

Education Families & Children State of California

Raising Kids in California? They May Have College Savings Accounts You Don’t Know About.

05/30/2024
The state is directly investing money for low-income students and all newborns to attend college. After two years, the program is still not widely known by the students who need the most financial assistance.

From Manteca Bulletin...

Education Families & Children Agriculture, Food & Gardening

School District Free Summer Lunch Program Launches

05/28/2024
The Manteca Unified School District began its free Seamless Summer Lunch program on May 28 for children ages 2 to 18.

From LodiNews...

Families & Children Homelessness Community Service & Support Lodi House

Lodi House Leader Resigns

05/08/2024
Lodi House Executive Director Shelby Young announced she is resigning after leading the organization for the last eight years.

From Tracy Press...

Families & Children Community Service & Support Sports County of San Joaquin

Boys and Girls Club Receive County Grant

04/26/2024
The San Joaquin Board of Supervisors approved a $10,000 grant to the Tracy Boys and Girls Club to support youth sports programs.

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Education Families & Children Government

Will Less Homework Make California Students Happier?

04/25/2024
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A bill from a member of the Legislature’s happiness committee would require schools to come up with homework policies that consider the strain on students.

From California Healthline...

Education Families & Children

Paris Hilton Speaks Up for California’s ‘Troubled’ Teens

04/17/2024
Heiress Paris Hilton is on a mission to shine a light on the "troubled teen industry," a largely unregulated multibillion-dollar industry that is gaining public scrutiny for alleged abuse of vulnerable youths.

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California May Gut Two CalWORKS Programs Helping Thousands of Families

03/29/2024
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The state is considering zeroing out funds for CalWORKS family stabilization and job subsidy programs to help balance the budget.

San Joaquin County Local News: Families & Children