With recent legislation updating Maine’s definition of neglect so that it can no longer be confused with poverty, child ...

Members of a West Virginia Legislature interim committee Sunday received updates on systems meant to hold child placement ...

After a summer listening tour wrapped up in June, the West Virginia Department of Human Services has released its findings.

A fiscal brief released this week by the city’s Independent Budget Office analyzes a decade of direction and spending at the Administration for Children’s Services, highlighting a philosophical ...

The tour, which was held in eight West Virginia communities in May, welcomed service workers, parents, guardians, and others ...

A Nash County Department of Social Services employee was terminated after the state found several violations in the department’s handling of child abuse allegations of an 8-year-old girl beaten to ...

As Gov. Patrick Morrisey pledged his administration will be more open about the challenges of West Virginia’s child welfare system, people who watch the system closely are hoping for the best. Shiloh ...

Improving child welfare in Kansas, particularly in the foster care system, will be top of mind for some legislators as they return to Topeka in January after holding several lengthy meetings between ...

How upcoming legislation may reshape child custody policies in Oklahoma, according to Rep. Woolley and other policy advocates ...