Many states have open dependency hearings and allow the public more ability to understand why decisions are made about ...

President Donald Trump’s bid to remake the federal government is already affecting some vulnerable populations in the United ...

A bill in the Utah Legislature would define and specify crimes committed against child welfare workers and their family ...

The girl was taken to a foster home in Shawnee three days after hotline worker picked her up from mother in Midwest City, ...

The child welfare system in the United States is a structure intended to ... According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, African American children account for approximately ...

Updated data on child care and early learning in the United States illustrate the urgent need for holistic public ...

Montana’s American Indian Caucus is backing changes to the state’s 2023 Indian Child Welfare Act law. Supporters say the ...

Testimony over a proposal to redefine “neglect” for the child welfare system showed a divide between social workers and law enforcement. Legislation in the House seeks to prevent the removal of ...

“Cherokee Nation is involved in child welfare cases all over the United States,” Wilson said ... the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “They’re trying to get new leaders ...

New York City child welfare agencies routinely investigate parents who report being abused, but a state appellate court ruled ...