Ohio child welfare leaders are working to bridge the gap between policy decisions at the Statehouse and the realities faced by front line caseworkers. Now, a statewide ridealong program is giving ...

After years of planning, the state has launched a specialized plan to reduce strain on families and county agencies working ...

In a House divided, Republicans and Democrats have found surprising common ground: Reforming the nation’s sprawling child welfare system. The Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families ...

NeMiya Duncan's family was under the on-again-off again supervision the state's child welfare agency since 2020. She died in ...

National Chief affirms support for Caring Society and NCCC plan to reform the First Nations Child and Family Services program ...

Progress on a child welfare agreement to reform the system stalled last year when First Nations twice rejected a ...

A House study committee has released 17 recommendations to help children at risk of abandonment stay in their homes and get ...

The child welfare system — like other powerful institutions, including law enforcement and the incarceration system — is under attack. The devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic along with a reckoning ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin unveiled Safe Kids, Strong Families, a three-year roadmap to reform Virginia’s child welfare system and announced $50M in Year One investments to boost CPS, raise worker pay and ...

A state legislator is demanding the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services correct the record and apologize to ...

The story has been updated to clarify that the total number of children and youth in the child welfare system. Many come under supervision of their county Department of Children and Family Services ...