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Billions of dollars in anti-poverty funds will continue flowing to five Democrat-led states targeted by the Trump administration, following a federal court decision.

The five states targeted — California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York — filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the funding freeze.

The Department of Health and Human Services has frozen roughly $10 billion in funding for social services, child care and cash aid.

Concern is growing among both lawmakers and advocates that the pause in SNAP benefits will lead to widespread hunger and hardship. 

For National Reunification Month, the Denver Zoo celebrated with dozens of parents who reunited with children through Colorado's family courts.

Colorado lawmakers want to strengthen laws requiring special protections for Indigenous children and families in child welfare cases.

Researchers used ground-penetrating radar , near-infrared photography and drones to search for remains of Native children who attended boarding schools.

Diane Baird labeled her method for assessing families the “Kempe Protocol” after the university institute where she worked for decades.

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