President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday with a laundry list of instructions for his administration on child welfare. The order does not appear to direct new money to states – in one ...

A legislative panel examining child welfare spending held its final meeting Thursday and will deliver a report with next ...

A yearslong pattern of child deaths led to a federal takeover of Red Lake Nation’s child welfare agency last month, according ...

President Donald Trump has nominated Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Alex Adams to lead the agency that handles child welfare services and federal funding and policy for many other ...

A New York State judge transferred the case of a teenage girl charged with murder and arson to a Columbia County family court ...

Petitioners argued that ambiguities in a new child welfare disproportionality law led to wrongful termination of a father's ...

Ryan Hanlon. Video still from an April 24, 2023, appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. A year into his second term, President Donald Trump has appointed an experienced adoption advocate to lead ...

Weston Charles-Gallo’s life as an LGBTQ foster youth was challenging until he was adopted into a loving home as a teenager. Photo courtesy of Charles-Gallo. Testifying before the House Ways and Means ...

Hennepin County has accused the Trump administration of unlawfully diverting up to $86 million for teen pregnancy prevention.

When a child can’t safely stay with their family, they should be placed with their siblings and in their community, with a foster family who can fully meet their needs and keep them safe. That’s what ...

Candice Broce, director of Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services, answers lawmakers’ questions during a Thursday hearing about her agency’s $85 million budget deficit. Photo by Jordan ...