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Decades ago, in Illinois, the death of a child “known to the system” led to a surge in the number of children taken from their parents. With every caseworker terrified to have the next horror story on ...

Out-of-home care is the last resort in child welfare intervention, where a child is removed from their home and placed in alternative care to protect their well-being. The reasons for these placements ...

Jamie was a Research Fellow for quantitative analysis in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, known as ...

Readers discuss a guest essay about removing children from troubled homes. To the Editor: Re “To Protect Kids, We Need More Foster Care, Not Less,” by Naomi Schaefer Riley (Opinion guest essay, May 13 ...

Family members raised concerns about the teen's mental health for years. The state wouldn't, or couldn't, help.

Texas allows religious groups that are part of the state’s child welfare network to refuse to assist LGBTQ couples seeking to foster or adopt. That could put critical federal funding at risk. Attorney ...

The Nigerian Child Rights Defence Network has called for urgent intervention over the welfare and whereabouts of a minor at the centre of a prolonged custody dispute involving Nigerian-American ...

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 ...