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Amid a retention crisis, rural hospitals turned to pricey travel-nurse agencies with little oversight or transparency. Now they need a way forward.

In a legal gray area, EvergreenHealth commissioners approved including pandemic relief funds in the hospital's financial performance.

The state has renewed efforts to keep kids released from foster care and detention centers from becoming homeless.

Federal recovery dollars 'saved' some critical access hospitals — but many small facilities still struggle with staffing and rising costs.

The nonprofit FIRST Clinic works to prevent family separation by pairing parents in addiction recovery with healthcare and legal support.

Upended by COVID-19, some service providers went online, took to the road or otherwise found new ways to aid homeless youth and young adults.

Federal and state programs continue to push for more funds to support families and child care

Ideological differences make more of a difference than financial resources in keeping U.S. child care behind.

Almost half the workforce can't leave the house with kids at home and few feasible options.

In Washington state and across the country, the financial realities of child care are like mismatched puzzle pieces jammed together.