Missouri’s child welfare agency has for years struggled with high turnover rates among staff who work most closely with ...

Lawmakers say they’re working on reforms to a child welfare agency that’s been in the spotlight for the past 12 months.   Rep ...

The Bombay High Court has rejected an 18-year-old woman’s plea to medically terminate her 28-week pregnancy, ruling that a forced termination would amount to foeticide as the “foetus is healthy and ...

The teen's mother had filed a petition seeking termination of the pregnancy, which was the result of the girl's relationship with a male friend when she was 17.

“Poor performance is tolerated far too often” in Utah’s Child Protective Services, a new audit charges. As caseworkers missed ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison will testify under oath next month in congressional investigation into alleged $9 billion Minnesota welfare fraud scandal.

The Vice Chair of the Gender, Children and Social Welfare Committee, Hajia Zuwera Ibrahim, has condemned the horrific abuse inflicted on an eight- year-old pupil of the St Olives Grammar School in Dod ...

It's no secret New Mexico's child welfare system has issues. Now, some lawmakers are pitching new ideas to try and fix it.

The proposed “Law on Child Rights,” reviewed at a meeting of the Milli Majlis Human Rights Committee, expands the goals of ...

Grim figures shown to joint meeting of several committees, after 2 babies died and dozens were hurt in unlicensed center in ...

Deputy Commissioner Abdul Samad Nizamani, chaired a review meeting of District Coordination Committee established for the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a big push this legislative session on how to fix the dysfunction at the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department. One lawmaker is bringing back a proposal, HJR ...