With a yearly feast the week before Thanksgiving, Minnesota nonprofit Connections to Independence ensures foster youth have a ...

Cutbacks at Georgia's child welfare agency implemented during the government shutdown have remained — and more cuts have been ...

Kaysie Getty writes that she is skeptical about the impact of President Trump's new executive order on child welfare ...

In a letter this week, Sen. Ron Wyden said the Trump administration's actions are “corrupting the nation’s premier child ...

An Indigenous former foster youth and her tribe have settled a lawsuit that will improve young adults’ access to extended ...

Members of Congress held a hearing debating technology that some lawmakers say is needed to better support transition-aged ...

To improve outcomes for youth involved in the justice system, we must expand diversion programs for those charged with gun ...

President Donald Trump displaying his signature on the “Fostering the Future for American Children and Families” executive order on Nov. 14, 2025. Photo by Michael Fitzgerald for The Imprint. In what ...

Current calls to eliminate all elements of structural racism in the United States include proposals to abolish child welfare services. Alan Dettlaff and Kristen Weber, in an op-ed published by The ...

The trauma and harm to families and communities caused by intrusive child welfare system interventions is well documented by multiple sources – to the degree that many argue the system can be more ...

A young boy facing deportation proceedings without legal representation, as shown in the film “Unaccompanied: Alone in America.” Photo credit: Linda Freedman A class-action lawsuit has been filed ...