After Mayor Mamdani passed over their top choice to lead the city’s child welfare system, New York parents whose lives were ...

Here are some ways to build relationships and to responsibly report on the system that pulls in some of the country’s most vulnerable people. In this Jan. 29, 2016, photo, a boy heads up the stairs of ...

Landry says he’s “extremely frustrated” with Sen. McMath’s plan to eliminate DCFS without consultation; McMath defends it as ...

Just hours after a Louisiana state senator unveiled a plan to remake the state’s child welfare system, Gov. Jeff Landry cast ...

A federal judge’s blunt assessment of the problems with West Virginia’s child welfare system hung over state senators as they applied pressure on the new secretary of human services to improve. Joseph ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the legislative session begins Wednesday, its Children’s Committee plans to propose legislation focused on reforms to the ...

As Gov. Patrick Morrisey pledged his administration will be more open about the challenges of West Virginia’s child welfare system, people who watch the system closely are hoping for the best. Shiloh ...

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is turning to people who know the foster care system firsthand to help improve it.