A nonprofit law firm representing a group of New York City foster youth has resumed long-running litigation against the city’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the state agency that ...

Closing some of California's county-run youth incarceration facilities is the only way to eliminate the excess capacity and ...

A lawsuit against Washington state's child welfare department alleges the agency flouts its duty to protect the best interest ...

Foster youth check in with social workers at least once a month. Judges and attorneys track their movements in court reports and databases — from school attendance to visits with parents and siblings.

A legal team that previously challenged the Indian Child Welfare Act is bringing the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court once ...

Predictive risk modeling, used responsibly, can be part of a smarter, stronger and more responsive child welfare system.

Researchers have found that students involved with the child welfare system missed the most days when transitioning in and ...

Indigenous people nationwide have raised their fists, their poster boards and their voices for a message: They will not stand ...

The Chronicle of Social Change recently sat down with New York State Senator Diane Savino, an outspoken, influential Staten Island Democrat. We mostly discussed pending legislation, but the ...

The See Me project has helped dozens of Georgia foster teens in group homes turn their lived experience into paintings, poems ...