Linda Spears, head of Massachusetts’ child welfare system, has been tapped to take over as executive director and president of the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA). She is set to succeed ...

Brittany and Josh Patterson of Georgia with their four children, including Soren, left, who drew police attention after walking from home to a store at age 10. Provided photo. Brittany Patterson ...

Long before we had child welfare or juvenile justice agencies as we know them today, the state was already punishing ...

Authors of a new study found the rate of criminal justice involvement in children’s families tripled between 2000 and 2019 — ...

Macon Stewart is senior deputy director of the Center for Youth Justice at Georgetown University and is recognized as one of the country’s foremost experts on systemic reform to address the needs of ...

Bethany Christian Services will now require staff and prospective caregivers to disavow gay marriage and transgender rights.

The Trump administration's top child welfare official has scaled back recommendations for states that license foster parents, ...

After recording more than 380 stories from Indigenous boarding school survivors in 19 states, a national oral history project ...

The ACF's “A Home for Every Child” is an opportunity for change. Our challenge is to invest in families, act quickly and ...

California lawmakers will provide $5 million to help address the mental health care gaps for youth adopted from the state's ...

Trump's Office of Refugee Resettlement wants to assess unaccompanied minors for "dangerousness" and intensify vetting for ...

With the ‘orphan tax’ under fire thanks to pressure from federal leaders, Richard Wexler writes the ‘reunification ransom’ ...