In June 2017, at a family picnic in a park in Aurora, Colorado, Vanessa Peoples noticed that one of her young sons had slipped away. Peoples, who was studying to be a nurse, is not the first parent to ...

Children of color in Michigan are more likely to be placed in institutional settings, stay there for long periods of time and age out of the foster care system without a family. As a result of these ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Shortly after Christmas, Kyeesha Lamb’s baby boy fell out of ...

An investigation by Carolina Public Press finds inconsistencies in how counties decide to remove children from potentially dangerous homes Whenever signs exist that a child is being abused or ...

From In re Child of Cassie S., decided by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court yesterday, in an opinion by Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill: ...

Indiana's child protection system, hampered by budget cuts and overwhelmed caseworkers, needs public involvement and oversight to ensure children's safety. While mandated reporting is crucial, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For decades, researchers have pointed out that the child welfare system is riddled ...