NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Springfield foster mother feels workers at the Department of Children’s Services failed in their ...

Pennsylvania counties are tapping into opioid settlement money to support child welfare programs as they face staff shortages ...

Foster youth,” Coffey said, “should have a bill of rights.” She's persuaded state lawmakers to change laws to help foster ...

A bill that would have repealed a state law mandating the fluoridation of drinking water in Arkansas failed to pass in a ...

The five-year plan was put together in partnership with the Maine Child Welfare Action Network and is laid out to be a living roadmap that can adapt to the changing needs of families and sets out to ...

President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the Education Department using executive action. Three education policy experts explain how his plan could work.

Two professors at the University of Iowa are developing a new camera system that uses AI to detect child abuse as it’s ...

Before the late 1970s, adoption laws excluded LGBTQ+ parents by design. Same-sex relationships were not legally recognized as ...

An employee with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services has been accused of forging documents and using her position to ...

The United States spends $1 trillion on welfare and medicaid, which can be reduced while still increasing welfare benefits.

Anxiety is shared by families living and working in Rappahannock, Culpeper and the wider region. The fear extends to their ...

Maddie and Jonathan Gildner of Macomb Township are the proud foster parents of a little boy with a vibrant personality. “He’s a talker for sure,” said Maddie, speaking over the little voice that could ...