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A Housing Assistance Corporation event put a spotlight on local kids experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness.

Free, local parenting programs are steering new and experienced fathers to show up for their kids.

Two new partners are investing in Edaville Family Theme Park and planning to make changes.

"There's a huge gap in people who are qualifying for assistance and those who are actually low-income living on Nantucket," says Health Imperatives CEO Julia Kehoe.

"A lot of the places that children go is where predators and exploiters go," says Jacob Stapledon, education coordinator at Children's Cove. Those places are often Instagram and Snapchat.

The Food and Drug Administration will decide tomorrow whether to authorize a COVID vaccine for kids aged 5 and older.

A spike in COVID-19 cases on Cape Cod has prompted the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to issue new protocols for long-term care facilities in Barnstable County, including nursing homes.

With children under 12 still unable to get vaccinated for COVID-19, some families worry about whether camps are taking enough precautions and if any seats will be left once they get the details sorted out.

Parents know high-quality child care and preschool slots can be hard to find on the Cape and Islands. Now parents and providers, with some support from…

Extended families have been around for generations, but a trend is growing within the last two decades: grandparents raising their grandchildren. On The…