Child Welfare State child welfare workers missed the warning signs with a young man accused of three killings in Chicago, reports Christy...
Child Welfare Michael Nash signed an order opening up to the media most Los Angeles County Juvenile Court proceedings, reports Garrett Therolf...
Child Welfare An arrest with potential for widespread effect in Missouri: A foster parent who had cared for about 35 children over...
Child Welfare The New Jersey Assembly may pass a bill that adds a third possible finding for child welfare caseworkers, reports Susan...
Child Welfare Efforts to improve Pennsylvania’s child welfare system in the post-Sandusky era will likely start with changes to the way its...
Child Welfare In Santa Monica, Calif., a children’s social worker will start work next week at the police department, reports the Santa...
Child Welfare A Utah legislative committee approved a law that would require child welfare caseworkers to meet a burden of proof before...
Child Welfare Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is no fan of a bill dropped this week that would return child welfare casework to...
The state of Michigan is in desperate need of foster and adoptive parents, reports Diana Dillaber Murray of the News-Herald. The Texas...
A New Mexico federal court judge recently received a complaint citing the following facts: a 13-year-old boy repeatedly belched in class. While...
Politics President Obama took the presidential oath of office in a quiet ceremony in the White House Sunday, The New York Times...
Child Welfare Very sad news: the Chicago-based Jane Addams Hull House Association announced yesterday it would close and file for bankruptcy, reports...
Mary Beth Marklein of Arizona’s Tucson Citizen reports on the growing number of programs for foster youth at U.S. colleges. Luzerne County...
Child Welfare A Connecticut prosecutor asked whether or not the recent death of an infant casts doubt over the state Department of...
Child Welfare The Florida Department of Children and Families is now using a new, monthly scoring system for its 20 private groups...
Child Welfare Representatives with Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia held a Tuesday morning breakfast meeting with about 80 legislators and government officials...
Child Welfare Catholic Charities of Springfield, Ill., will go on serving children and families, reports Doug Finke of the State Journal-Register. The...
Child Welfare John Barry of the Tampa Bay Times delves into the decision by the Florida Department of Children and Families to...
Child Welfare A child welfare provider threatened to walk on the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, and the state agency...
Child Welfare A major contractor for the Florida Department of Children and Families has been replaced after a spate of deaths of...