In 2019, a national advocacy group filed a class-action lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services, alleging the ...
A secretive process that took a child away from his parents in northeast Colorado is about to become a lot less secretive.
Do confidentiality rules protect children and their families, or shield government agencies from public scrutiny?
Despite telling reporters two weeks ago that Child Protective Services had no clue about the situation that led to the death of a Boone County girl, Gov. Jim Justice said he was given bad information, ...
During his Wednesday, May 8, 2024, virtual briefing, Gov . Jim Justice walked back his comments that CPS wasn’t aware of a ...
The story has been updated to clarify that the total number of children and youth in the child welfare system. Many come under supervision of their county Department of Children and Family Services ...
In January 2001, five-year-old Logan Marr was found dead in the basement of her foster mother's home in Chelsea, Maine. The foster mother, Sally Schofield, was a highly respected former caseworker ...
Hong Kong welfare officials plan to review the training of nannies recruited under a government-funded childcare scheme after a nine-month-old girl was alleged to have suffered severe injuries ...
In recognition of National Justice for Animals Week (February 16-22, 2014), the Animal Welfare Institute is pleased to share with you an interview with Katherine Darke Schmitt, policy advisor in the ...
Thousands of Massachusetts parents face scrutiny from the state’s child protection system and, with it, the all-consuming fear of losing custody of a child. For many of these families, poverty ...