For months, News Center 7 has been covering the changes we could see in that part of the Miami Valley because of this.

The child welfare system in the United States is a structure intended to protect children and ensure their well-being. However, for African American families, this system often serves as a mechanism ...

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Words like broken, fragmented, siloed, exhausting, and low priority were among those coming out of a work session to tackle issues with the child welfare system as the 7th of 8 ...

Former directors of state DFCS tell governor they “are deeply concerned that this crisis is accelerating and that additional ...

Recently, a chorus of voices in child welfare have tried to frame the growing national effort to reduce unnecessary family separation as a threat to child safety. But what they are selling isn’t the ...

Child welfare services are increasingly being politicized, largely through the promulgation of a series of myths. These myths include that racism is the prime driver of differences in report rates for ...

As Gov. Patrick Morrisey pledged his administration will be more open about the challenges of West Virginia’s child welfare system, people who watch the system closely are hoping for the best. Shiloh ...

A coordinated package of foster care–focused reforms was announced by Governor Patrick Morrisey. According to a press release ...

A 13-year-old girl's fatal leap from the Brooklyn Bridge has become the center of a sweeping lawsuit that accuses New York ...

Researchers who examined Canadian child welfare data found that Black children were not only investigated at a higher rate ...