Parents in the suit say they have have been improperly included a statewide child abuse registry for months, sometimes years.

While we often highlight the joy of families formed through adoption, we must also recognize the responsibility to protect ...

Former foster youth Sierra Burns received a shout-out in President Trump’s State of the Union address, one of many recent ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has narrowed his top choices for child welfare commissioner — candidates who signal the ...

Descendants of Freedmen, African people who were enslaved by tribes, are now eligible for tribal citizenship and its child ...

In an interview with The Imprint, Elora Mukherjee talks about how extended detention is affecting children in ICE custody.

This kind of parenting — healing while parenting — requires strength, reflection, and deep emotional labor, writes Jose Perez ...

Foster youth are more than twice as likely to suffer a non-fatal drug overdose, a new study based on millions of insurance claims has found.

The ACF has added three new leaders to the team, including a veteran legislator from the home state of the agency’s top ...

Advocates for LGBTQ+ youth decry the bill, citing negative mental health impacts for young people whose gender identity is rejected.

It’s long been a problem. People call child abuse hotlines with false reports as a way to harass parents without identifying themselves — a vindictive spouse, spiteful neighbor, even a scheming ...

Our family relied on the social safety net: food assistance, WIC, cash assistance, Medicaid, free school meals and summer nutrition programs to support my development. Poverty did not define my ...