Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s final budget will include $50 million to improve child welfare, including money to centralize the state’s Child Protective Services intake process and increase ...

“And of course, we see many, many of them sink,” said Thomas Lee, chief executive officer of First Place for Youth, an ...

I've spent over four decades in courtrooms watching an American tragedy continue to unfold. Children—some barely old enough to speak—face the traumas of abuse, neglect, removal from their natural ...

To what lengths should we go to reduce racial disparities in the child welfare system? In 2021 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to require the Department of Children and Family ...

SAN ANTONIO – According to the Texas Foster Care and Adoption Services, there were over 17,000 children in the Texas foster care system in 2024. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ...

At a recent rally, Amanda Wallace had pointed criticism for Durham’s Child Protective Services department. Credit: Photo by Abigail Bromberger— The 9th Street Journal This story originally published ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - House Bill 612 was signed into law by Governor Josh Stein on June 26. The bill, named the Fostering Care in NC ACT, aims to improve how children are protected in the foster care ...

North Carolina puts thousands of children in harm’s way by failing to fix the state’s broken child welfare system, says a federal class action complaint filed on behalf of nine foster children. For ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will present his final budget proposal to the General Assembly on Wednesday. Part of that proposal will include $50 million for child welfare, he announced at an event in ...