The state is taking a closer look at Michigan’s child welfare system. Lawmakers are looking to make changes to child ...

The mandated reporting system that is the center of child welfare policy is flawed and has led to overreporting of cases. Of the 4.4 million referrals from mandated reporters in 2019, 2 million ...

Oregon Child Welfare Director Aprille Flint-Gerner is leaving her post. The state announced Tuesday that Flint-Gerner accepted a job with Casey Family Programs, a national foundation focused on ...

This new bill aims to help Child welfare and family law experts who spoke with the PBS NewsHour called the termination of parental rights a “death penalty,” because there are few pathways to ...

A three-child benefit cap would risk leaving hundreds of thousands of children still in poverty, a coalition of charities has ...

Sara Smith, the new director of Missouri’s Children’s Division, has worked inside the agency since 2006. She starts her day ...

National Opinion Research Center — Child Care Policy Research Partnerships Grants 2022, The Urban Institute — Child Care Policy Research Partnerships Grants 2022, Erikson Institute — Child Care Policy ...

The coordinator is tasked with reviewing state agencies’ policies and procedures to ... which advocates for child welfare reform, were pleased with the increased awareness of housing foster ...

Cherokee Nation officials declared May as Foster Care Awareness Month, bringing to light the needs of children in the Indian ...

policies and programs that uplift families limited or eliminated by current federal spending decisions. But it’s the reality we’re facing right now.” New Jersey’s child welfare safety net ...

The Globe is investigating cases of children who go missing from the Massachusetts child welfare system, some of whom end up victims in sex trafficking schemes. We are interested in hearing from ...