A staffer at an upstate NY youth detention facility faces felony sexual abuse charges involving a 20-year-old resident.

After a harsh performance audit, MN ombudspersons for families of colors cite staff and resource shortages, but say they're trying to improve.

Jessica Pac urged policymakers to consider the impacts of early childhood education and whether it can help keep kids out of the system.

New rules for Head Start could bring challenges for early childhood education providers in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up another case that seeks to dismantle the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act.

A new California law prohibits probation departments from restricting physical contact when families visit incarcerated youth.

A lawsuit alleging LA County failed to provide safe placements for older foster youth will move forward following a court ruling last week.

The Reno-based National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges has chosen Eryn Jane Branch to be its next CEO

A bipartisan group working to reduce reliance on foster care released a proposal Tuesday to cap and reprioritize the child welfare system’s primary federal funding stream.  The national nonprofit United […]

Across the U.S., a growing number of specialized courts are dedicated to ensuring compliance with the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act.

Ruth White writes about the damage done by misinformation and misunderstanding around the rules for the FYI housing program

A slate of recently signed laws aim to increase access to food stamps and housing support, and help more young adults remain in extended foster care.

Strategies to reduce harm to adults who use drugs might not safeguard children who may be endangered by parental substance use.

Nearly a year after his arrest, the husband of Georgia’s child welfare agency director has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence and child endangerment charges.  Jason Broce waived […]

A federal judge has ordered Georgia’s child welfare agency to stop charging child support for kids who are no longer in state custody.

A former employee of a CASA affiliate will be sentenced in December for stealing nearly $100K in funds intended to support foster children.

The government ended an exemption for young adults who aged out of foster care that allowed them easier access to food stamps.

Rep. Gwen Moore: We want foster youth to lead successful and independent lives. But how can they do that when they're hungry?

Inflexible rules keep creating placements that would never pass licensing requirements for foster homes, the author argues.

States across the nation implemented paid family leave, increased minimum wages and expanded the earned income tax credit, researchers found.

Family First has failed to deliver on the vision to change foster care for the better, write Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Sarah Font.

Long-awaited insight into why foster care spending has soared in Georgia was revealed in an audit presented to public officials on Thursday.

A report released last week by Georgetown University found 40 sites across the country holding the remains of more than 1,000 deceased kids.

Kim Dvorchak is leaving the National Association of Counsel for Children, the country’s leading trade group for children’s attorneys.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs took control of the Red Lake Nation's child welfare system just days after an FBI search.

Four out of 10 homeless youth in Minnesota were once in foster care, according to a new study released by Wilder Research.

Superior Court Judge Amanda Heath is the newly elected president of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Federal officials executed a search warrant at the Red Lake Nation’s family services building Thursday, but there are no publicly available details as to why. Agents from the FBI and […]

Katherine Lucero is stepping down from her post as California's top youth justice official to return to the Superior Court.

A new survey of more than 400 young people provides insight into the results of the government's investment in extended foster care.

The state spent $639K on programs that track cell phones and scan the dark web to find runaway foster kids.

In an interview, founder Jessica Nauiokas reflects on the impact Mott Haven Academy has had on some of the city’s most vulnerable students.

After the deaths of three children in county custody, Santa Clara County leaders recently heard from a panel of local and national experts.

After the evangelical adoption and foster care agency reversed its inclusion of LGBTQ+ families, a former executive asks: What about the youth and families on the other side of that exemption?

Before a law to reduce disproportionality in Minnesota’s foster care system takes full effect, an advisory council has issued a report stating the state lacks the ability to assess whether it will accomplish its goal.

Lawmakers have sent SB 577 to the governor. It establishes new protections against sex abuse in county-run facilities and seeks to limit costly lawsuits.

California is investing in wraparound services for families to try to keep parents from relinquishing kids to foster care.

A playbook for transition-age youth can help by sharing knowledge, building understanding, and providing access to resources.

The Trump administration is encouraging child welfare agencies to expand use of algorithms to aid decision-making in abuse and neglect cases.

For young people leaving foster care, mentors, volunteers and others in the community can be the difference between isolation and belonging.

An appellate court ruled that New York City’s child welfare agency unlawfully monitored a Bronx mother after she left her abusive partner.

A new Minnesota law requires K-12 school districts to ensure that priority enrollment is given to foster youth applying for before- and after-school programs.

Child welfare systems must begin treating the post-termination phase with the same urgency used to justify termination itself.

Members of a state advisory council tasked with finding ways to reduce child poverty laid out four central goals at a Tuesday hearing.

Bills by Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens aim to help transition-age foster youth and protect vulnerable Californians from safety net cuts.

We should radically rethink our approach to social isolation when it comes to children at risk of entering the child welfare system, writes Paul S. DiLorenzo.

Georgia child welfare officials and juvenile court judges testified before a committee evaluating the “escalating costs of foster care.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $7.25 million investment in legal representation to help roughly 1,400 children navigate immigration courts.

Long before we had child welfare or juvenile justice agencies as we know them today, the state was already punishing "crossover youth."

The Uniform Law Commission is proposing a state-level update of ICWA, the federal statute passed in 1978 to protect tribal children families.