When covering the complicated, often opaque web known as the child welfare system, it can be easy to forget the first word of that phrase: child. It’s imperative that we don’t. Reporters should center ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The State of Iowa and the Administration for Children and Families are partnering to modernize states' child welfare information systems. Iowa's VISION system is a new, modular ...

Each year in New York City, more than 2,000 children are removed from their homes and placed into foster care. Tens of thousands of additional families become involved in child abuse and neglect ...

When the legislative session begins Wednesday, its Children’s Committee plans to propose legislation focused on reforms to the Connecticut Department of Children and Families prompted by the alleged ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Lawmakers demanded explanations Wednesday about a 5-year-old boy who died from apparent starvation in Ascension Parish, weighing only 19 pounds at the time of his death.

Ohio lawmakers are joining the defense for the state’s child care oversight system, while also pledging to improve it with new legislation. State Reps. Phil Plummer, R-Dayton, and Tom Young, ...

M-H-P SAID THE LOG TRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NEW TODAY-- A NEWLY- RELEASED REPORT SHOWS THE IMPACT OF CHILD CARE FUNDING CUTS STATEWIDE. THE "CHILD CARE PAYMENT ...

(The Center Square) – Because North Carolina issues subsidy payments to child care providers after attendance is submitted, the federal notification sent Monday afternoon by the U.S. Department of ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia’s child welfare system is facing an estimated $85 million funding shortfall, a gap state leaders and advocates say is already affecting children and ...

More than 100,000 families will avoid having to manually pay a Child Benefit charge thanks to a new HMRC online service, new figures suggest. The HICBC is paid by families where the highest earner has ...