The state agency that oversees child protection in Minnesota has named a new top official to run that division, following a series of highly publicized breakdowns in the system for protecting children ...

The crisis in child welfare in Australia has, for too long, resulted in too many children taken into care, with many not receiving the timely assistance and care they and their families need.

Black children are twice as likely as white kids to be removed from their parents. For Native American kids, the disparities are even more stark. Layla Jackson never returned to her mother. The ...

A growing number of states are debating whether to alter their policies on summoning child protection officials if a student has excessive absences. By Troy Closson and Samantha Latson In the largest ...

New research led by Kingston University has found that even very modest uplifts to family finances could reduce children's chances of entering the child protection system. The study, based on data ...

Statutory guidance on safeguarding updated to reflect government policy that child protection conferences should be chaired by members of multi-agency child protection teams responsible for section 47 ...