Faith Rich experienced both sides of the child protection system — as a child, and a parent. Her lawyer says systemic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minnesota has a history of failing to protect children from repeated harm and of disproportionately separating families of color.

Two state lawmakers pushing for an overhaul of Ohio’s child protection laws said if their bill had already been enacted, it ...

Two state lawmakers, Representatives Phil Plummer and Tom Young, are pushing for an overhaul of Ohio’s child protection laws ...

New research led by Kingston University has found that even very modest uplifts to family finances could reduce children's ...

Mickel Cherry, who entered a guilty plea to murdering Zoey Felix, 5, is scheduled to be sentenced next week in Shawnee County District Court. His attorney argues Cherry and Felix fell through the ...

A report into the deaths of six youths from the Mushuau Innu First Nation between 2015 and 2020 has found 12 systemic ...

"Tough questions need to be asked" about oversight, use of Family Assessment and funding for case workers. Gov. Tim Walz will propose extra funding to hire more child protection workers and state ...

The state agency that oversees child protection in Minnesota has named a new top official to run that division, following a series of highly publicized breakdowns in the system for protecting children ...

Innu children are still overrepresented in the child protection system, though far less likely to be removed from their homes ...