Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wants the DOJ to investigate whether Medicaid fraud has been committed by taxpayer-supported ...

Dozens of New Yorkers testified today about problems with the way child abuse and neglect allegations are reported and ...

A lawsuit claims Illinois has for nearly two decades failed to provide special education services to young people locked up ...

Generational trauma, also known as transgenerational, intergenerational, and multi-generational trauma, are trauma responses ...

A bipartisan bill now before Congress would require states to track their reliance on “hidden foster care," a widespread but ...

In America, the foster care system’s tentacles, entwined with those of the prison systems, reach far beyond its boundaries, ...

Amid remarkable testimony, this year's discussions reflect a significant shift in the child welfare field toward family ...

Among child welfare scholars, advocates and national leaders, a strong resistance to discussing child maltreatment fatalities ...

New Jersey is challenging a universal drug testing policy used by a private operator of hospitals on pregnant patients.

Dorothy Roberts at a 2022 panel in Harlem. Photo by Hiram Alejandro Durán. Dorothy Roberts, a legal scholar and prominent voice in favor of dismantling the child welfare system, has been named to the ...