Corey Glassman was 16 years old when he murdered a fellow high school student for the money in her purse. His 26 years-to-life prison sentence coincided with a tough-on-crime approach to the nation’s ...
A California bill adds new measures to prevent future abuse in foster homes, residential centers and juvenile detention ...
After a harsh performance audit, MN ombudspersons for families of colors cite staff and resource shortages, but say they're ...
The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up another case that seeks to dismantle the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act.
A bipartisan group working to reduce reliance on foster care released a proposal Tuesday to cap and reprioritize the child ...
The federal government has expanded the use of foster care prevention funding to include expectant parents and their “unborn ...
The Trump administration’s call for a funding freeze could total hundreds of billions of dollars, with sweeping impacts on social safety net programs serving children and families. Under threat: child ...
A staffer at a youth detention facility in upstate New York is scheduled to appear in court next month to face felony sexual abuse charges involving a 20-year-old resident. Perla Serrano Rivera, 22, ...
Clay County Commissioner Jenny Mongeau testified that counties need more time and funding to properly implement the African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act at a ...
New York Announces New Mandated Reporter Training to Reduce ‘Unwarranted’ Child Maltreatment Reports
Lisa Ghartey Ogundimu, a deputy commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services, said for too long many child maltreatment reports have been based “solely on race and poverty.” Photo by ...
A kin-first approach could end the long-running practice of states placing children removed from their parents with kin in ...
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