Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) hosted its first ...

A four-year study is looking at how advanced algorithms are being used to assess risk in child welfare investigations.

Sabrina Anderson and Kaylah McMillan write that ending the use of institutions to house foster youth is a key step on the ...

About a quarter of young adults in foster care in California have attempted suicide, according to a recently published study.

Idaho will stop temporarily placing foster children with complex needs in short-term rentals, officials announced.

A group of Native mothers in Minnesota shared their experiences with substance abuse and the lessons from their recovery.

Schenectady County officials have a new approach resulting in a 13% increase in Black youth steered away from the juvenile ...

If we are serious about refocusing the nation's approach to child safety, we must make child protection a collaborative, ...

The Biden administration has established a second committee on the trafficking of children in the United States ...

On this week’s episode, we review some recent research on child opioid overdoses, youth with disabilities in foster care, and the Biden administration’s historic apology to the Indigenous community.

When I stepped down as commissioner of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services in 2013, I was proud of what I and my team — working in collaboration with an array of public agencies ...