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.

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

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

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

Reports linking abortion restrictions with child maltreatment are well-intentioned but oversimplify a complex issue.

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 ...