Experts say when a child experiences one kind of abuse, they’re often also experiencing other abuse as well. But it can often be difficult for children to talk about those experiences. That’s why ...

A staff reorganization underway at the state’s child welfare agency will move employees from supervisory and desk jobs to ...

Six new employees, pending approval by the county commission, will be hired now that Butler County is leading the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program. Butler County replaces Hamilton County, which had ...

Child and Family Service officials raised concerns for years about the way abuse investigations were being conducted by child-welfare agencies, writing in reports that key witnesses were not being ...

Child Welfare and Lived Experiences” training event on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Martin County Community ...

WELL, NEBRASKA’S INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR CHILD WELFARE CALLS FOR CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM. SHE SAYS THREE CHILDREN TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES WITH EVEN MORE AT IMMINENT RISK. THE REPORT SHOWS HEALTH AND HUMAN ...

Here are some ways to build relationships and to responsibly report on the system that pulls in some of the country’s most vulnerable people. In this Jan. 29, 2016, photo, a boy heads up the stairs of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — New West Virginia Department of Human Services Secretary Alex Mayer just wrapped up a summer listening tour, resulting in a 58-page report where some of the words used to ...

“These rates of over-investigation are state-sanctioned family policing. Even where investigations are warranted and allegations are substantiated, the investigative process is often coercive and ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey pledged on Wednesday to improve transparency, accountability and outcomes in the state's childcare welfare system. "I think you all know ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The departure of the man who oversees South Carolina’s child-welfare system is the latest warning sign that the system needs urgent fixes, according to the state’s governor. It ...