Bob Schwartz, the charismatic figure in youth justice reform who co-founded the Juvenile Law Center, has died after a ...

A national project documents the systemic abuse endured by generations of Indigenous people under the government’s boarding ...

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wants the DOJ to investigate whether Medicaid fraud has been committed by taxpayer-supported ...

Dozens of New Yorkers testified today about problems with the way child abuse and neglect allegations are reported and ...

A lawsuit claims Illinois has for nearly two decades failed to provide special education services to young people locked up ...

Generational trauma, also known as transgenerational, intergenerational, and multi-generational trauma, are trauma responses ...

A bipartisan bill now before Congress would require states to track their reliance on “hidden foster care," a widespread but ...

In America, the foster care system’s tentacles, entwined with those of the prison systems, reach far beyond its boundaries, ...

Jose A. Perez, MPS, is a poet, actor, and advocate who grew up in New York City’s foster care system, group homes, juvenile institutions, and adult prison. Entering prison at 16, Perez emerged three ...

New York City Councilmembers Althea Stevens and Farah Louis at a Tuesday public hearing. Photo by Susanti Sarkar. Legislation now before members of the New York City council would require an annual ...

Among child welfare scholars, advocates and national leaders, a strong resistance to discussing child maltreatment fatalities ...