Now, thanks in part to Coffey’s efforts, foster children have a safe place to report abuse. Case workers are legally required ...

New definition emphasizes that kids can’t be taken from their family because of poverty. But police and lawyers say it might ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Springfield foster mother feels workers at the Department of Children’s Services failed in their ...

Unlike social workers, who often manage numerous children simultaneously, CASA volunteers focus on one or two children at a ...

Legislation in the House seeks to prevent the removal of children from homes based solely on poverty, an issue that child ...

A Hopewell man will spend four years in prison on charges stemming from injuries to an 18-month-old child in his care, after ...

There are currently four children in need of a foster home, the Care Agency has said ahead of a recruitment event on Monday ...

Kansas lawmakers may change the definition of neglect in the foster care system. Their goal is to clarify that poverty ...

The bill has garnered support from DCF, former social workers, and child welfare advocates ... would have stayed at home instead of entering foster care if the new definitions of neglect had ...