With back-to-school season upon us and 19% of high school students reporting being bullied on school property, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s States with the Biggest Bullying Problems as well as accompanying videos.
To identify the states where bullying is most pervasive, WalletHub’s analysts compared 47 states and the District of Columbia across 20 key metrics, ranging from “bullying-incident rate” to “truancy costs for schools” to “share of high school students bullied online.”
Top 10 States with Bullying Problems
Bottom 10 States with Bullying Problems
1
Louisiana
39
Nevada
2
Arkansas
40
Kansas
3
Missouri
41
Florida
4
Idaho
42
California
5
Alaska
43
District of Columbia
6
North Dakota
44
Colorado
7
Wisconsin
45
Virginia
8
West Virginia
46
Delaware
9
Michigan
47
Vermont
10
Wyoming
48
Massachusetts
Best vs. Worst
To view the full report and your state or the District’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-states-at-controlling-bullying/9920/
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2018 Black & White Bocce Ball
Tell your family, friends and co-workers to lace up their sneakers and put on their the best attire, because you are taking them to a Ball!
This black-tie invited with sneakers evening is quickly becoming the most talked about event for being both classy and fun!
Interact with Special Olympics Utah athletes, including Utah's USA Games Gold Medal Bocce Team, as they teach you to play bocce – one of the most participated in Special Olympics sports.
Compete in an actual bocce tournament. Savor elegant food catered by Harmons, and enjoy a very different and exciting silent auction experience.
The evening caps off with a brief program featuring Special Olympics Utah athletes and ends promptly at 8 pm.
Black and white attire suggested; sneakers welcome and encouraged!
Saturday, September 22, 2018
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Utah Cultural Celebration Center
1355 W 3100 S, West Valley City, UT 84119
Special Olympics Utah’s 2018 Fall Sports Classic will be held October 19-20th in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nearly 1,000 athletes and Unified Sports partners will compete during this two-day event and will receive support from nearly 500 coaches and hundreds of day-of-volunteers.
Competitions will be held in the following sports and venues:
Join us as we conclude our celebration of 50 wonderful years of Special Olympics - and support the hours of training and practice our athletes have put in to compete at the State Level! We're ready to have a ball!
More about the Fall Sports Classic!
Bocce Competitions
Golf Competitions
Soccer Competitions
Looking back at the summer of 2018
Summer held a flurry of activity, competition, friendship and perseverance for our athletes! With the celebration of 50 years of Special Olympics to an outstanding presence at the 2018 USA Games to an amazing show of sportsmanship at the 2018 Utah Summer Games - Special Olympics Utah is proud of all that our athletes, coaches, families, volunteers have done.
As we round out a year of celebration, inspiration and inclusion, we are reminded that together, WE RISE. Special Olympics Utah athletes, along with over 250 unified partners, 500 coaches, and 3500 volunteers, are leading the charge for full inclusion of people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in Utah. The #InclusionRevolution has arrived!
The movement is rooted in the spirit of our founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who took a rebellious stand against the injustices faced by people with Intellectual Disabilities in 1968. Today, the fight for inclusion is more relevant than ever. People of all ages, races, genders, cultures, backgrounds, and abilities continue to face discrimination, ignorance, and disparagement. Just as Eunice Kennedy Shriver did 50 years ago, Special Olympics Utah is setting a stake in the ground to create change and, this time, our athletes are leading the way.
Join us for another 50 years of Inclusion!
Denver, Colo. (September 5, 2018) – EPA has awarded $631,405 in wetlands grants to the Utah Department of Environment Quality (UDEQ) and the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) to survey, assess and map wetlands in the state of Utah.
UDEQ was awarded $221,250 to improve Great Salt Lake wetland quality through monitoring of wetland uses, water quality and condition. By gathering a combination of water quality data, bird use data and more, UDEQ will be looking at persistent concerns about the links between excess nutrients in wetlands and the ability to support their recreational and aquatic life uses. Methods for monitoring impounded and fringe wetlands around Great Salt Lake will continue to be improved, and a high-frequency monitoring network to track water quality processes will be built. Outreach, coordination, and data dissemination will also be included in this project.
UGS was awarded $219,670 to gather baseline data on Utah’s Central Basin and Range wetlands and to characterize high quality reference condition for important wetland types in the region. Wetlands will be surveyed with an existing protocol that collects data on vegetation, water quality parameters, soil characteristics, and wetland condition, and two new components will be added to the protocol, soil salinity measurement and evaluation of floodwater storage capacity. Results will improve understanding and protection of wetlands in this region.
UGS was also awarded $190,485 to update and further develop wetland spatial data for the state of Utah. UGS will map wetlands in the Cache County with enhanced attribution that will make it possible to link wetland spatial data to potential functions. UGS will also enhance the accessibility of wetland data by adding additional data to the UGS’s wetland mapper application, including a landscape profile for major watersheds in Utah.
EPA has awarded over $2.5 million in wetlands grant funding for 11 projects across EPA’s mountains and plains region of the West (Region 8). Healthy wetlands perform important ecological functions, such as feeding downstream waters, trapping floodwaters, recharging groundwater supplies, removing pollution, and providing habitat for fish and wildlife.
Wetlands Program Development Grants assist state, tribal, local government agencies, and interstate/intertribal entities in building programs that protect, manage, and restore wetlands and aquatic resources. States, tribes, and local wetlands programs are encouraged to develop wetlands program plans, which help create a roadmap for building capacity and achieving long-term environmental goals.
For more program information visit: https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/wetland-program-development-grants
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