“I think about the families separated in Missouri over the years, not because of abuse or neglect, but because they could not afford to pay a bill or new clothes for their kids.” That was House Ways ...

The U.S. Children’s Bureau describes the child welfare system as “a group of services designed to promote the well-being of children by ensuring safety, achieving permanency, and strengthening ...

Discussions about the child welfare system are plagued by two false narratives. The first is that cases where children are neglected are simply instances of poverty and can be solved just by providing ...

BELLEVILLE — As Child Abuse Awareness Month begins this April, Caritas Family Solutions is urging a shift in how communities view child welfare, emphasizing that most families in crisis aren’t ...

There are few institutions as culturally sacrosanct and legally violated as the American family. Each year child welfare authorities separate half a million children from their parents. The system ...

A Home for Every Child is a new initiative based on the premise that child welfare systems perform best when they align around child-centered measures versus compliance-driven activity. Drawing on ...

A recent federal policy brief on North Carolina’s past child welfare reform efforts didn’t mince words: “Children in North Carolina suffer the consequences of an inadequate child welfare system.” But ...

Five years ago, a national advocacy group and a local nonprofit filed a class-action lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services. They didn’t want money. They wanted better care for kids ...