The idea that poverty drives some portion of child welfare involvement seems reasonable, but policymakers should be skeptical.

In a House divided, Republicans and Democrats have found surprising common ground: Reforming the nation’s sprawling child welfare system. The Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A new law that passed with broad bipartisan support aims to curb the racial disparities in the child welfare system and set new standards for social services agencies to follow ...

Camden and Essex counties have the most children in foster care. New Jersey has the lowest placement rate in the country.

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. On the surface, the term “child welfare system” sounds ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. New Mexico will spend yet another year at the bottom of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2024 Kids Count Data ...

TOPEKA — Testimony over a proposal to redefine “neglect” for the child welfare system showed a divide between social workers and law enforcement. Legislation in the House seeks to prevent the removal ...

Much of the world doesn’t have a clue what to do about child poverty, or even when to do it. In the UK the Labour government recently delayed its flagship policy on tackling the issue until the autumn ...

Camden’s rates of child poverty and well-being have improved in the past decade, though the city continued to fare worse than the state as a whole, according to a recent report released by a ...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash £15 billion in public spending in the Labour government’s Spring Statement has already thrown tens of thousands of children deeper into poverty. The cuts ...

Nearly a third of children in Hartlepool were living in poverty last year, according to "heartbreaking" new figures. It comes as charities urged the Government to stop planned welfare reform, warning ...

LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday a two-child limit on welfare payments would be scrapped in April to help reduce child poverty rates, a move ...