While Maine will have a new independent office to oversee its troubled child welfare system, the Maine Legislature this ...

After being ordered by lawmakers last year to develop a tool to report key information related to foster children, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department launched a new dashboard ...

DAYTON — A state oversight investigation into the death of 7-year-old Hershall Creachbaum in Dayton has gotten the attention of state lawmakers. State investigators say they found several times two of ...

Legislation sponsored by Sen. Carine Werner (R-Scottsdale) — and supported by DCS — would add new requirements for caseworkers to include pictures of children in their reports and files, encourage ...

Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency will be under extended state oversight following the death of Jaxon Juarez in ...

ALEXANDRIA Va., April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent report on child welfare issued by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez uses ugly, Trump-style tactics to stereotype families caught up in ...

Lawmakers are considering a sweeping bill on reforms to the Connecticut Department of Children and Families following the alleged fatal abuse of 11-year-old Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia and a state ...

Virginia needs to do more to protect vulnerable children from abuse and neglect, but the commonwealth may have a plan to make significant progress in dealing with this longstanding, difficult problem.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A $50 million statewide initiative is looking to reform Virginia’s child welfare system. In a release shared by the governor’s office on Tuesday, Dec. 16, Gov. Glenn Youngkin ...