During the first Trump administration, former associate commissioner of the U.S. Children’s Bureau Jerry Milner made it a priority to include young people who had been impacted by the child welfare ...

Colorado state archeologist Holly Norton led a team that used ground-penetrating radar, near-infrared photography and drones to search for remains of Native children who attended boarding schools.

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 ...

A Texas facility linked to the death of an 11-year-old had a history of sexual misconduct and physical abuse, a federal report said Tuesday. The Imprint highlighted each of the policy recommendations ...

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 ...

The Thompson’s Residential Treatment Center in Greenville on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Photo by Emil T. Lippe for The Texas Tribune. “Texas foster home linked to boy’s death had history of fight clubs ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

In 2023, Foster Advocates community board member Ada Smith testified at a Senate hearing on federal benefits owed to foster youth. Two years ago, amid growing scrutiny, Minnesota and states across the ...

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 ...

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 ...