The federal government has expanded the use of foster care prevention funding to include expectant parents and their “unborn ...

New York City moved this week to curb hospital drug testing of new and expecting mothers, a widespread and controversial practice that can lead to newborns being placed in foster care at perhaps the ...

A bipartisan group working to reduce reliance on foster care released a proposal Tuesday to cap and reprioritize the child ...

Across the U.S., a growing number of specialized courts are dedicated to ensuring compliance with the 1978 Indian Child ...

A kin-first approach could end the long-running practice of states placing children removed from their parents with kin in ...

Across the U.S., a growing number of specialized courts are dedicated to ensuring compliance with the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act. Journalist Suzette Brewer of the Cherokee Nation examines the ...

When the state removes a child from their home, it takes on a responsibility far bigger than placement decisions and court hearings. It takes responsibility for that child’s health, stability, and ...

Ten years ago, when the bill that would become the Family First Prevention Services Act was introduced, I wrote a column for ...

Nearly a year after his arrest, the husband of Georgia’s child welfare agency director has pleaded not guilty to driving ...

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland embraced boarding school survivor Delores Twohatched at the first stop on the “Road to Healing” tour in July 2022, Photo by Nick Oxford. The federal government has ...

Child welfare advocates sounded the alarm earlier this month when the California Supreme Court issued its opinion on In re: William Taylor, a case involving housing restrictions imposed on certain ...