Children who have already been victimized should never be placed in another abusive or neglectful home by the state. Yet several recent cases raise alarms about the safety of guardianships and ...

A Nash County Department of Social Services employee was terminated after the state found several violations in the department’s handling of child abuse allegations of an 8-year-old girl beaten to ...

Jan. 25—Child protection caseworkers say their work loads are too high and their work days are too long, something they fear is endangering children and leading to burnout and turnover, according to a ...

County child welfare workers said they were unable to investigate possible abuse or neglect of children and teens inside ...

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A stuffed toy with a checklist of items to be packed into a bag to help a foster child settle into their foster home. (Ben Hasty / MediaNews Group / Reading Eagle via Getty Images) By signing up, you ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. On the surface, the term “child welfare system” sounds ...

Improving child welfare in Kansas, particularly in the foster care system, will be top of mind for some legislators as they return to Topeka in January after holding several lengthy meetings between ...

A Nash County Department of Social Services employee was terminated after the state found several violations in the department’s handling of child abuse allegations of an 8-year-old girl beaten to ...