The late Alice Green led a task force in Albany County working toward the goal of zero youth detention. Provided photo. In January 2019, Daniel McCoy, Albany County’s elected executive, made a bold ...
Black children made up about 14% of all children in the United States in 2021, but about 22% of the foster care population. For Latino youngsters, those same percentages were approximately 19 and 22, ...
The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division’s courthouse in Brooklyn. Photo by Beyond My Ken, CC4.0. In a far-reaching decision, a state appellate court has ordered a stop to New York City’s child ...
Aysha Schomburg, new head of the Manhattan-based New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Photo by Susanti Sarkar. Aysha Schomburg’s recently concluded three-year tenure as one of ...
The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet, is looking for an enterprising reporter to anchor our Georgia child welfare coverage. This reporting post is timely and will provide critical coverage ...
Texas state Rep. Lacey Hull has sponsored a bill requiring the state’s child welfare agency to undertake “active efforts” to keep all families intact before removing a child into foster care. Photo by ...
The Trump administration’s call for a funding freeze could total hundreds of billions of dollars, with sweeping impacts on social safety net programs serving children and families. Under threat: child ...
Hoping to offer a rare in-depth look into how placing children for adoption impacts the lives of Indigenous birth mothers, a group of researchers is continuing efforts to document the experiences of ...
When New York City’s child welfare agency removed Sharwline Nicholson’s children in 1999, the decision was in line with its unofficial policy: “when in doubt, pull them out.” During the 1990s, the ...
Remnants of a residential therapy program for girls run by Bourne Family Services that burned down in Los Angeles. Screenshot of a video provided by Tim Tucker. It was 3 a.m. when they got the call.
Judge Janis Jack has been removed from a long-running federal case overseeing reforms of Texas’ troubled foster care system. Photo illustration by Julie Reynolds from provided photo. Final word has ...
Chris Stoner-Mertz is the CEO of the California Alliance of Child and Family Services. The start of a new year is a time of celebration, hope and joy for many families. But for as many as 9,000 ...