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A case that challenges the severity of termination of parental rights practices in Michigan has made it to the state Supreme Court.

In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children.

Pregnant women struggling with drug addiction need early and effective paths to sobriety, writes Darcy Olsen.

The next iteration of child welfare work should take a page from the recovery community, writes Paul DiLorenzo.

In Washington, the nonprofit FIRST Clinic provides legal and other types of support to sustain bonds between addicted moms and newborns.

The yoga teachers with Reno nonprofit Urban Lotus guide youth toward healing through trauma-informed movement classes.

By Sabrina Alvarez

A popular model that supports child welfare-involved parents through addiction treatment is among 12 new candidates under review for new federal funding.  Sobriety Treatment And Recovery Teams, known as START, is a model started in Kentucky that hinges on a specially trained caseworker and rapid access to substance abuse services.

Written by K.G., an anonymous 17-year-old from New York City. Names have been changed.  I met Ms. Taylor, from New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), in the hospital where my mom was detoxing.