Closing some of California's county-run youth incarceration facilities is the only way to eliminate the excess capacity and ...

A lawsuit against Washington state's child welfare department alleges the agency flouts its duty to protect the best interest ...

The Chronicle of Social Change recently sat down with New York State Senator Diane Savino, an outspoken, influential Staten Island Democrat. We mostly discussed pending legislation, but the ...

A legal team that previously challenged the Indian Child Welfare Act is bringing the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court once ...

Indigenous people nationwide have raised their fists, their poster boards and their voices for a message: They will not stand ...

Researchers have found that students involved with the child welfare system missed the most days when transitioning in and ...

In Alameda County, California, the families going through dependency court at the San Leandro Juvenile Justice Center will soon have a new firm representing them — Alameda County Parent’s Counsel.

A new report from a New York City watchdog found the state has hindered robust oversight of its child welfare system.

The See Me project has helped dozens of Georgia foster teens in group homes turn their lived experience into paintings, poems ...

Reports of child abuse and neglect, system responses to those reports, and confirmed child victims have all declined since the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released last week ...