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The Children, Youth, and Families Department recently decided to allow children in state custody to keep federal benefits owed to them, instead of using those payments to support foster care... (Read more)

In her work at a foster-care group home, Blaire Haggett noticed the young people faced a particularly intractable challenge. They would often earn money at jobs or receive money to... (Read more)

Mindful of exorbitant housing costs and the ongoing struggles of former foster youth, California lawmakers hope to upgrade a decades-old program designed to prepare young people raised in government custody... (Read more)

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Child protection and youth reform are best and most effective when it happens close to home, according to the new director of the New Hampshire Division... (Read more)

For no other reason than poverty, Black moms are at the whim of the social service system that keeps them in the spotlight of mandated reporters who are trained to... (Read more)

“When you think about what systems are doing, are they cracking the egg from the outside, which ends life and ability and resources and opportunities for Black people, or are... (Read more)

This resource guide is to assist caretakers in Orange County in navigating the unique needs and services for victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking, commonly referred to as... (Read more)

Through the Essentials for Childhood program, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds 7 state health departments (states) to address the urgent public health problem of adverse childhood experiences... (Read more)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth are overrepresented in child welfare with some studies estimating as many as 30% of youth in care being LGBTQ+. Therefore, it is... (Read more)

Millions of children across the country are raised by grandparents, other extended family, or close family friends when their parents are unable to raise them. These families, interchangeably known as... (Read more)