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Foster Success hosted a program to encourage entrepreneurship in July 2022. The nonprofit's new Pathways program aims to help students as they transition out of high school.

Indiana high schoolers in foster care can sign up for more college, career support

A new statewide program aims to help hundreds of students in foster care determine how to achieve their post-high school goals.

Indiana State Parks See More People, Officials Encourage Social Distancing While Using Trails

State parks remain open, but with some restrictions. Campgrounds are closed and so are most restrooms. Trails are off limits to mountain biking and equestrian use.

The latest CDC update coincides with a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics for all people in schools to wear masks, as the delta variant causes a surge of COVID-19 cases across the country.

CDC's Latest Mask Recommendation Prompts Mixed Responses From Indiana Schools

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week it recommends people wear masks in schools as COVID-19 cases surge. It's prompting some Hoosier schools to revise their policies, while others are waiting to make decisions based on local COVID-19 data, as many near – or have already started – a new academic year.

Medical personnel work on preparing to open a 68 bed emergency field hospital specially equipped with a respiratory unit in New York's Central Park, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in New York.

St. Joseph County, Indiana Repurposing Hotels, Former Hospitals To Prepare For Surge In COVID-19

The St. Joseph County Health Department is preparing for a possible surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Eighty percent of Hoosier LGBTQ high schoolers told a state survey they felt hopeless every day for more than two weeks.

Nearly a quarter of Indiana LGBTQ youth attempt suicide. This year, anti-LGBTQ bills at the Statehouse tripled

State numbers show nearly a quarter of LGBTQ youth have attempted suicide. The numbers come in a year when lawmakers filed more than two dozen bills with anti-LGBTQ+ themes.

Indiana's Hepatitis C Rate Is Double The National Average -- Weak Prevention Laws Aren't Helping

The state has implemented just one of five CDC-recommended measures to prevent the spread of the disease through sharing contaminated needles.

According to the Chamber’s report, parents who miss work bring on cost to themselves and their employer. The estimated economic impact factors in the costs of employee absenteeism and turnover, and lost tax revenue which the report said is more than $1 billion a year.

Indiana's child care issues cost the state $4 billion last year, Chamber report says

A recent survey of Hoosier parents shows 57 percent say they’ve recently missed work or school due to child care-related issues, and 40 percent say they’ve left the workforce in the last year due to those complications.

Chief Deputy Coroner Alfie McGinty discussed a proposed $800,000 opioid response grant program at a press conference on Wednesday.

Marion County's $800K opioid response program would support treatment, prevention and other services

If approved by the full Council, the program would be funded through the city’s share of the national opioid settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors. Indiana is slated to receive $507 million, which will be distributed across the state.

A House committee approved an amended bill that seeks to “streamline” the legal process for tenants to have certain evictions sealed from their record.

‘Fixes’ to evictions expungement bill bring Indiana housing advocates back on board

The amended bill would allow courts to automatically order some eviction cases to be hidden from public view.

New Program Trying To Get Indiana's Low-Level Drug Offenders Treatment Instead Of Jail Time

The Recovery Works program is aimed at improving offenders' recovery rates and reducing recidivism.

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