Children

Over 60,000 Iowans participate in WIC, which provides food assistance, nutrition education and counseling to new and expecting mothers and children under 5. The state has indicated it will maintain services, but long-term funding is uncertain.

Actor and woodworker Nick Offerman encourages kids and their parents to work with their hands and embrace tools as a superpower.

The Iowa Department of Education reports a significant increase in the number of students participating in work-based learning. Last year, 20% more high school seniors took part in career-training experiences, like internships and apprenticeships.

Hundreds of people came to the Cedar Rapids Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office Tuesday morning as non-U.S. citizens had their immigration check-in appointments.

Over the past few months, Iowa tried a new way of fighting summertime food insecurity among kids by replacing Summer EBT with "healthy" food. The Healthy Kids Iowa program has faced many logistical challenges that have food pantry leaders questioning if it should return.

A baby born at a University of Iowa Health Care hospital in Iowa City has been named the Guinness World Records titleholder for most premature baby. Nash Keen is now 1 year old and doing better than anyone expected after facing what experts had previously called impossible odds.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ summer food program for children that is meant to replace Summer EBT got off to a rocky start this month, according to food bank and pantry officials tasked with distributing food for Healthy Kids Iowa.

Iowa booksellers share their favorite titles for young readers, from picture books to young adult stories.

A foster care nonprofit is launching an online platform for foster and kinship families to find items they need in the hours before foster kids arrive.

Caregiving always comes with challenges, but those in the sandwich generation are pulled between the needs of several generations.