A day care worker in the Japanese capital's Shinjuku Ward reportedly hit the head of a child who was reluctant to eat, ...

Maryland lawmakers are preparing a hearing and new legislation aimed at reforming the foster care system after a state audit ...

Masajed is a twin, she and her sister Manahil were brought to the hospital together. But the family could only afford ...

The figure is up from 179 children in 2020, and accounted for 5.7% of the 5,705 children who were in care last year ...

More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state, meaning the government has assumed the parental role for these foster children.

Building work had been due to begin on the unit at Altnagelvin Hospital last year but no construction work has happened.

We believe that oversight hearings into the persistent failures of our foster care system are obviously necessary.” ...

After two children passed from a rare genetic disease, New Orleans mom Missy Ward wrote a memoir from the perspective of her ...

Kanaiyah Ward's death in a hotel while under Maryland DHS care is ruled a suicide by diphenhydramine intoxication.

Pennsylvania maintains a registry of people convicted and suspected of child abuse and neglect to protect kids. But people ...

People can be added to Pennsylvania's child abuse registry without a process of legal defense. A lawsuit and new bill aim for ...