Just a few years ago, progressives were obsessed with "defunding the police." Now many left-wing activists are turning their sights on Child Welfare Services which they hope to abolish over claims of ...

Just to be clear: There were adults who cared about Julissia Batties. Yet their care couldn’t overcome the illogic of a child-welfare machine that returned her to an abusive family environment that ...

Hamilton County's administrator says those levies could handle the extra load, at least for one year. The children's services ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. When the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family ...

Leigh Weingus is a New York-based freelance writer and former senior editor at HuffPost, Elite Daily and Mindbodygreen. Her work has been featured in Well+Good, Glamour, Parade, Bustle, NBC News and ...

SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - An agency tasked with helping children in difficult and sometimes life-threatening situations is being called out for not doing enough to address child safety issues. A ...

Montgomery County Children Services will host an online hiring event this week to attract new caseworkers to an agency that remains fraught with continual departures from jobs that are difficult under ...

A state assessment following the death of 7-year-old Hershall Creachbaum Jr. found Clark County Children Services didn’t follow proper procedures in four different areas while handling cases for ...

In Travis County, Texas, voters approved a property tax increase that would support local child care. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign ...