Western Michigan University is now offering a pathway for students interested in becoming child welfare professionals to learn more about child welfare-related work. Graduate students currently ...

Are child-welfare investigations traumatic for families? How should we weigh that trauma against learning if children are in danger and ensuring parents change their behavior? New York City’s ...

Wisconsin has shown that it’s cost-effective and completely possible to keep families together by stabilizing their housing. That’s not the only promising development in the field. Wendy Henderson, ...

We have long known that racism and discrimination are deeply entrenched within the American child welfare system. The research is clear—according to a 2021 study published in the American Journal of ...

When the legislative session begins Wednesday, its Children’s Committee plans to propose legislation focused on reforms to the Connecticut Department of Children and Families prompted by the alleged ...

Ed Mahon reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2024 Data Fellowship and received engagement mentoring and funding. Spotlight PA is an independent, ...

Five years ago, a national advocacy group and a local nonprofit filed a class-action lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services. They didn’t want money. They wanted better care for kids ...

A recent federal policy brief on North Carolina’s past child welfare reform efforts didn’t mince words: “Children in North Carolina suffer the consequences of an inadequate child welfare system.” But ...