Economy / Wisconsin has shown that it’s cost-effective and completely possible to keep families together by stabilizing their ...

“I think about the families separated in Missouri over the years, not because of abuse or neglect, but because they could not afford to pay a bill or new clothes for their kids.” That was House Ways ...

A Nash County Department of Social Services employee was terminated after the state found several violations in the department’s handling of child abuse allegations of an 8-year-old girl beaten to ...

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A federal audit of West Virginia’s child welfare system during former Gov. Jim Justice’s final year in office found that 91% ...

The husband of Georgia’s child welfare agency director will make his first court appearance next month, following his arrest ...

County child welfare workers said they were unable to investigate possible abuse or neglect of children and teens inside ...

Improving child welfare in Kansas, particularly in the foster care system, will be top of mind for some legislators as they return to Topeka in January after holding several lengthy meetings between ...

A Nash County Department of Social Services employee was terminated after the state found several violations in the department’s handling of child abuse allegations of an 8-year-old girl beaten to ...