Katherine Lucero is stepping down from her post as California's top youth justice official to return to the Superior Court.

Human Services oversees the Division of Family and Children Services, or DFCS, which is a social services agency under ...

A new survey of of more than 400 young people provides insight into the results of the government's investment in extended ...

In an interview, founder Jessica Nauiokas reflects on the impact Mott Haven Academy has had on some of the city’s most ...

California is investing in wraparound services for families to try to keep parents from relinquishing kids to foster care.

Ruth White writes about the damage done by misinformation and misunderstanding around the rules for the FYI housing program ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to sign off on a $4 billion settlement in a lawsuit levied by survivors of sexual assault as children in county care. Many plaintiffs were teens ...

After the deaths of three children in county custody, Santa Clara County leaders recently heard from a panel of local and ...

Lawmakers have sent SB 577 to the governor. It establishes new protections against sex abuse in county-run facilities and ...

Before a law to reduce disproportionality in Minnesota’s foster care system takes full effect, an advisory council has issued ...

When two aunties visit parents in need, there is no scolding, shame or surveillance. Instead, they set themselves to the immediate tasks at hand on these southern California reservations — at times ...