An investigation on sexual and reproductive health in foster care. This Imprint review of 50 state policies and interviews with dozens of current and former foster youth, child welfare experts, ...

First, the leaked outline only covers discretionary spending plans, not the federal entitlements or even mandatory spending. So Title IV-E, the primary conduit of federal funds for child welfare ...

They and the watchdog say such decisions: can be more about the convenience of social service department staff than a child’s needs; do not take account of earlier problems that put a child at ...

When Michigan’s child welfare system assumes responsibility for a child — whether they are waiting for adoption or foster care or they are experiencing abuse or neglect — ensuring that the receive the ...

HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Senate has passed Senate Bill 147, a significant update to the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act (MICWA). The bill, sponsored by Senator Jonathan Windy Boy, aims to enhance ...

Half of First Nation families in Manitoba have had a file opened with the child welfare system, and more than a quarter of them have had a child removed and placed under the care of the government ...

Anubha Mackerdhuj of the Alberton Child Welfare is frustrated by funds mismanagement allegations. An urgent appeal from Alberton Child Welfare for volunteers and financial support has been met ...

SELAH, Wash.–A welfare check on a child led police officers to a possible burial site. When the Selah Police Department arrived to check on the child, a parent said the child lived somewhere ...

New findings by Legal Services NYC have brought to light the troubling realities faced by Black and Hispanic families in New York City's child welfare system. A report from January 2020 through ...

A new report says the city’s child welfare investigations are disproportionately targeting low-income Black and Hispanic New Yorkers, causing them to be denied employment or lose the jobs they ...

Join us in Montreal on Wednesday, May 14 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a talk with IRPP postdoctoral fellow Anika Ganness. Why are children from racialized and immigrant backgrounds more likely to end up ...