Seven former foster youth are suing a former pediatrician for sex abuse and a California county for covering it up.

On billboards, online and in newspapers, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson sums up his life story: “Foster care to ...

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

The Minnesota Foster Youth Bill of Rights would include the right to “appropriate travel bags.” Final votes will be cast this ...

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 young boy facing deportation proceedings without legal representation, as shown in the film “Unaccompanied: Alone in America.” Photo credit: Linda Freedman Washington state’s child welfare system is ...

The CalFresh bill attempts to remedy the new hurdles that have emerged. It is sponsored by the California State Council of ...

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.

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

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 ...