Erica Russ has prior experience working in child protection and have previously undertaken other state government funded research related to child protection. She is a member of the Australian ...

Michelle Newcomb does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The sun had just begun to rise over Manhattan on an August morning in 2013. Angeline Montauban was whispering into the phone as she crouched in the bathroom of her apartment. As her partner and their ...

Gov. Tim Walz said after the report that he would propose additional dollars to help counties hire child welfare workers. However, he shifted his funding focus this year to modernizing the clunky ...

In her recent Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver describes the situation of a young boy whose father dies before he is born. His mother struggles with addiction, but ...

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 ...

Michigan’s child welfare system is facing growing scrutiny following a series of child deaths and concerning audit findings in recent years. Since early spring, lawmakers on the newly formed House ...

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 ...

The war in Ukraine has been devastating for the country’s children, particularly those in the most vulnerable situations, including children without parental care, children with disabilities, children ...

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 ...

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