Board members questioned how the alleged abuse of 16 kids went on without state intervention.

Due to sensational cases of child abuse and neglect, Foster Skills CEO James Eggers says, “When a child is removed from their home and placed into foster care, most parents are negatively stigmatized ...

Children who are mistreated at a young age are more likely to experience a wide range of developmental delays and health problems, according to Christian Connell, Ken Young Family Professor in Healthy ...

The Indiana Department of Child Services is implementing new laws to increase transparency when a child dies from abuse or neglect, including requiring case workers to see a child in person within 30 ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE — When I began reporting on child welfare, I brought with me the baggage that plagues all humans: misconceptions and blind spots about a system that I had never lived through. I had been ...

One of the policy proposals tucked into the recently enacted 634-page budget bill involves child welfare issues. The ...