The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that child welfare workers are not required to give a Miranda warning to parents ...

First Nations children and their families who lived under Canada's First Nations child welfare system between 1991 and 2022 ...

The Assembly of First Nations says the compensation claims process for the First Nation child welfare case opens March 10.

In 2023, the Federal Court approved a $23 billion settlement to compensate some 300,000 First Nations children and their ...

A bill aimed at addressing how long abused and neglected children spend in our state’s child welfare system has passed out of committee.

The state needs to hire more workers who can help families to ease poverty, give grassroots organizations more funding and ...

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

Child welfare bills sail through General Assembly on unanimous votes as legislator concern for vulnerable youth crosses party lines ...

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 ...

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

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

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill this week that gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as safe ...