Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Dozens of child welfare and youth justice grant opportunities are still stuck a the starting line with few days left in the fiscal year

After mass layoffs, state and tribal programs serving kids and families are left without support they need to perform mandated work.

Planned cuts to the federal Health and Human Services department would likely have an impact on its child welfare division.

A look at some of the people who are at least temporarily in charge of some key agencies and divisions on youth and family policy.

To prevent entries into foster care, the federal government has awarded six tribal communities $3 million to expand programs for families with young children.

A bipartisan bill was introduced in Congress last week to help local child welfare agencies meet the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

A New York bill would limit the state’s practice of charging parents child support for children in foster care.

Under a new rule released by the Biden administration, tribes will no longer share the costs of child support collections.

Federal child maltreatment numbers from 2022 show that the level of abuse and neglect reporting in the country returned to pre-pandemic levels, while fatalities rose for a fifth year.