A psychologist working for the state has been arrested in New York on charges that she sexually assaulted eight detained ...

Teens who enter the foster care system close to adulthood are put under a lot of stress, and it's not addressed enough, ...

After less than a year as executive director, the head of the Minnesota youth-led advocacy group Foster Advocates has left ...

A new class-action lawsuit accuses the state of inadequate staffing, placement instability and insufficient medical care for ...

A scathing report on Georgia foster care, issued this week by Sen. Jon Ossoff, drew a sharp response from the state ...

A New York State auditor's report found that staff shortages at juvenile lockups have led to a spike in violent incidents ...

The momentum of change is palpable in the United States child welfare system today, with a profound shift toward child and family well-being. The imperative for change has been well-established: we ...

Youth Voices Rising writer Sabrina Anderson. Courtesy of Anderson. If you don’t heal from what hurt you, you’ll bleed on ...

The first tribal and state governments have been approved by the Biden administration for an alternative path to licensing ...

President Joe Biden signed a pair of “minibus” appropriations agreements last month, narrowly avoiding the government shutdown that seems always to be looming these days. The finalized federal ...