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

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

Devdutta Sangvai, former president of Duke Regional Hospital, was tapped by Gov. Josh Stein to lead the department as North ...

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

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 ...

Report says that a multitude of people, ranging from child protection workers to family support workers and specialists, are ...

A lawsuit, filed by the ACLU of Vermont, alleges that the state tracked a pregnant woman and kept a registry of many pregnant ...

The state of New Mexico was served with a class action lawsuit in 2018 by 14 foster children and two advocacy organizations ...

Chronic understaffing, and the excessive workload and burnout that comes with it, has the people in charge of protecting ...

A disturbing wave of crimes against children across multiple states has sparked renewed concerns about child safety and ...

Volunteers at the Butler Isaiah 117 House hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 9, declaring the location open for ...