Child welfare systems are among the biggest recipients of the $16.5 billion in federal funds allocated to states to alleviate ...

From a small station in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights, 18-year-old Kennia Camacho talks with teens about anxiety, stress and ...

Lawmakers are fighting for millions of dollars to support families across the state at risk of losing access to affordable ...

In Los Angeles, a $4 billion settlement is the expected result a lawsuit levied by survivors of sexual assault as children in ...

Federal prosecutors today withdrew U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace's assault charge against a foster and trans youth advocate.

Advocates seeking to codify the rights of foster youth in Minnesota are making a last-minute push to have the bill considered by lawmakers.

While some families endure hardship due to unnecessary CPS involvement, eliminating mandatory reporting can harm children, ...

Four young adults speak to The Imprint about how psychotropic medication use affected their tumultuous childhoods in Los ...

Tim Carpenter has reported on Kansas for 38 years. He covered the Capitol for 16 years at the Topeka Capital-Journal and ...

It pains me to realize that I have beautiful memories with my siblings that they do not remember because of the lost time, writes Mary Watson.

Antipsychotics prescribed to foster youth in California have shown a remarkable decline in the years since reform measures ...

Planned cuts to the federal Health and Human Services department would likely have an impact on its child welfare division.