New York lawmakers advanced a bill to equip New York's state-run juvenile detention facilities with full-body scanners.

In the final piece of The Long Way Home series, Ángela Banks writes about rebuilding a life steady enough to hold and safe enough to grow in.

The Imprint did a first-ever survey of all 50 states, asking how often parents voluntarily turn their kids over to the child ...

Sources say New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to soon name the city's child welfare commissioner: Rebecca Jones ...

A Congressional report found facilities in seven states incarcerated children simply because they lacked appropriate foster ...

If we are serious about reducing unnecessary removals, shortening time to permanency and improving safety outcomes, we must ...

In seven states, facilities reported detaining children “removed from their homes for abuse or neglect” because they lacked appropriate foster placements. Journalist Suzette Brewer of the Cherokee ...

House appropriators heard from witnesses about how to increase and stabilize the adoption of youth in the foster care system ...

L.A. County's Office of Transition Age Youth connects young people with serious mental health needs to therapeutic resources.

Data shows some recipients have graduated from their post-secondary institutions at higher rates than their peers nationally.