Minnesota’s family courts must now review more timely and detailed plans for all foster youth as they approach age 18.

Sacramento State University President Luke Wood was adopted out of foster care as a kid. Now he makes the campus welcoming ...

Washington's well-regarded Early Childhood Education and Assessment Program (ECEAP) endures cuts amid a multi-billion-dollar ...

In Ramsey County — in exchange for lesser charges and a possible clean record — some teenagers can now turn to restorative ...

Wendy Young of Kids in Need of Defense writes about the pay-to-play nature of new rules for unaccompanied children ...

Policy should reflect the realities of our lives, and our reality is that access to healthcare is essential, writes Bianca ...

On Monday, a panel of Georgia lawmakers met with child welfare workers, mental health providers and others to discuss the ...

Nell Bernstein is a freelance journalist based in California’s East Bay. She can be reached at [email protected] ...

Ma’Khia Bryant and Cornelius Fredericks were both teens in foster care when they were killed by police and residential treatment center staff, respectively. File photos. Cedric Lofton. Cornelius ...

Imagine a 12-year-old girl arriving alone at the U.S. border, desperate for safety. She is fleeing a gang member in Central America who had raped her and was threatening her with death unless she ...

As Los Angeles County becomes the latest child welfare system to turn to algorithms to flag families who may need intervention, critics worry these tools will exacerbate inequalities. Illustration by ...

Tom Morton, founder of the Child Welfare Institute who spent his entire career working to improve the child welfare system, has passed away at the age of 77. Morton’s career began as a youth services ...