Many states have open dependency hearings and allow the public more ability to understand why decisions are made about ...

The child welfare system in the United States is a structure intended to protect children and ensure their well-being.

County settlement comes after the HHSA removed children from their home and performed medical procedures without the mother's ...

MDHHS Director Elizabeth Hertel said Tuesday during the status conference that she is happy with the progress the state has ...

Earlier this month, the independent watchdog monitoring Maine’s child welfare agency went before the legislature’s government ...

For much of her teenage years, Joanna Delaney suffered abuse and neglect at the hands of family members. Every year, it seemed, she called the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, ...

The county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services is so short staffed that 33% of social worker jobs that investigate ...

In its expanded role, JFCS aims to not only reunite families with their children but also intervene early to help parents ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Promises to reform our state’s child welfare system are falling woefully short. That’s the decision ...

New Mexico failed to adequately address overextended child welfare worker caseloads, lackluster caregiver recruitment, ...

Oregon’s approach to child welfare has amounted to a pathetic game of whack-a-mole. The “solution” to one crisis begets ...