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child welfare

10/31/2025

NY Child Welfare Agency Encourages More Youth Sports Participation To Deter Crime

Programs offering sports and wilderness training received a new infusion of cash from New York’s child welfare agency — with a goal of combatting youth crime statewide.

10/27/2025

From ‘I Need People’ to Becoming the Person She Needed

Allen was 13 when he dialed 911 for help. He found his mother, Rut, unconscious and shaking, and he immediately called for an ambulance.

Two conference tables are covered in sheets, one printed with "Rose Family Creative Empowerment Center," and the other one printed with "Black Child Legacy Campaign." Behind it is a blue mural depicting a Black girl in a yellow shirt with the words "Dare to Dream" painted across the top.

10/27/2025

Federal Funding Uncertain for a Program That Keeps Black Kids Out of Foster Care

In Sacramento, cultural brokers mediate between child welfare officials and the families they have the power to separate. The goal is to keep families together and prevent Black children from entering foster care.

10/24/2025

Kennesaw Mom’s Lawsuit Persists After Georgia Officials Deny They Unfairly Made Her Pay for Her Kids’ Foster Care

After state denies wrongdoing, case continues over formerly homeless Georgia mom billed $13,000 for her kids in foster care.

10/23/2025

Some Kids End Up in Foster Care Solely for Mental Health Reasons. Georgia Lawmakers are Preparing to Find Solutions.

A state committee has been investigating the crisis of parents who relinquish kids when they can't get adequate mental health treatment.

10/17/2025

California Governor Signs Bills Protecting Children and Families Facing Federal Immigration Crackdown

California lawmakers passed a package of bills to protect residents from the Trump Administration’s aggressive use of deportation and detention.

10/17/2025

I Am More Than My Case File

The system gets thousands of cases a day, but it doesn’t justify why youth only get looked at by their file, writes this YVR writer.

10/16/2025

Beware of Adoptive Parents Like the Woman on 169th Street

She didn’t adopt me because she wanted me. She adopted me because it made her look good, writes Lexie Lee.

10/14/2025

‘We Received a Report’: A Rare Ridealong with CPS in New York 

Imprint reporter Susanti Sarkar shadows a frontline New York City CPS worker to see what happens after a hotline call comes in.