A child welfare worker is often the first person to respond to a child in need and among the last people to handle their case before they’re reunified with parents or placed in a loving, permanent ...

Before Missouri’s new child welfare leader even printed out business cards, she made stickers. A lot of them. “Centered on safety,” they read. And these stickers, Sara Smith says, remind her of an ...

Leaders at Idaho Department of Health and Welfare defend the way case workers handled the case of a newborn found dead in ...

Matthew Kraft’s voice shook as he accepted the “Child Protector of the Year Award” during a San Jose luncheon Friday. “It’s actually really difficult for me to accept this award,” the Santa Clara ...