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 ...

A new California law prohibits probation departments from restricting physical contact when families visit incarcerated youth ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trump officials describe the new approaches to improving child welfare systems reflected in state A Home for Every Child plans ...

Illustration by Christine Ongjoco for The Imprint. Mississippi has expanded the list of crimes for which children as young as 13 must be prosecuted as adults and sent to adult prisons. Prior to Senate ...

States across the nation implemented paid family leave, increased minimum wages and expanded the earned income tax credit, researchers found.

There’s growing acknowledgment that parents should not lose their kids because of educational neglect. We need our children to achieve educational success. We also need to preserve families at all ...