Maine is required to arrange visits between parents and children within seven days after the state removes children from their homes due to concerns about abuse or neglect. Typically these visits can ...

For the second year in a row, a bill aimed at closing what some call a serious gap in Utah’s child welfare system has failed ...

Ayanna Harris-Rashid was sitting up in bed, her newborn son latched to her breast, one hand scrolling on her phone, when the police called. She was wanted on a felony charge of child neglect.

Sen. Nikki Torres, in a phone interview, said the reports can reveal patterns of where the state’s child welfare system is failing, and whether changes need to be made.

Child deaths and critical injuries in Washington’s child welfare system hit a record high in 2025. State lawmakers are looking for solutions, and Democrats and Republicans each have proposals. They ...

Wisconsin has shown that it’s cost-effective and completely possible to keep families together by stabilizing their housing. That’s not the only promising development in the field. Wendy Henderson, ...