With the federal government shutdown barrelling toward a Nov. 1 “fiscal cliff,” state, local and tribal leaders are issuing ...

In Sacramento, cultural brokers mediate between child welfare officials and families to prevent Black children from entering foster care.

Allen was 13 when he dialed 911 for help. He found his mother, Rut, unconscious and shaking, and he immediately called for an ...

Lisa Ghartey Ogundimu, a deputy commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services, said for too long many child maltreatment reports have been based “solely on race and poverty.” Photo by ...

After state denies wrongdoing, case continues over formerly homeless Georgia mom billed $13,000 for her kids in foster care.

The Trump administration has told states to review and amend policies requiring foster parents to affirm the gender identity ...

A state committee has been investigating the crisis of parents who relinquish kids when they can't get adequate mental health ...

Child welfare agencies face impossible pressure: remove children and risk accusations of overreach, or keep them at home and risk tragedy. The Imprint is an independent, nonprofit daily news ...

Youth justice advocates marched from a Bronx detention center to a local park Tuesday afternoon, calling for long-stalled ...

For years, agencies believed only 3% of foster youth graduated from college. New research finds the rate is much higher, but ...

In the first piece in The Long Way Home series, Ángela Banks explores the obstacles that aging out stacks on for foster youth ...