Clara Stucker, an 18-year-old volunteer EMT and second-degree black belt, teaches her colleagues how to stay safe in volatile ...

The union representing hundreds of workers at emergency placements in Manitoba's child welfare system says those staff care deeply about the kids they work with — but limited funding and training make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shelley Baker, president of CUPE Local 2153, says she's seen workers spend money out of their own pockets to make sure kids in ...

Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) is facing an $85 million budget deficit. DFCS Director Candice Broce attributed the crisis to rising costs for children with mental health ...

A few weeks ago, my friend Maralyn Beck, a child welfare advocate in New Mexico, received an urgent text message from a 22-year-old woman who had recently aged out of the foster-care system. She was ...

Governor Glenn Youngkin alongside Melvin Roy, Lacey Radford, and state leaders at Safe Kids, Strong Families child welfare event on December 15, 2025. (Kaitlyn DeHarde, Office of Governor Glenn ...

VIRGINIA, USA — Governor Glenn Youngkin is outlining what he calls a final push to modernize Virginia’s child welfare system before leaving office. During a news conference on Monday, the governor and ...

During the fight to defeat Amendments 3 and 4 last year, Gov. DeSantis’ administration spent at least $36.2 million in taxpayer funds. Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference on May 20 in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services will launch a new call center next week designed to handle child welfare calls more efficiently and respond faster to ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A federal audit found West Virginia did not comply with critical requirements while investigating dozens of reports of child abuse and neglect during the Justice ...

All the good intentions in the world can’t combat ugly numbers. And the data on Washington children who died while known to be in unsafe homes begs for a state response tougher than There is no child ...

This story was originally published by The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice. Sign up for The Imprint’s free newsletters here. During the ...