Department of Health and Human Services

President Donald Trump's budget for 2027 remained largely unchanged from last year's plan for spending on youth and family services.

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

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

Starting next month, New York will receive far less in federal funding for congregate care, or group care placements, and the courts will require greater justification for why a child cannot be placed with family.

The Biden administration may revise the handbook for evaluating services meant to prevent the use of foster care in some child welfare cases.

Lawmakers are calling for the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the foster care experience of Ma’Khia Bryant, the 16-year-old Black girl who police shot and killed on April 20.

Few occupations are tougher on workers than those in the child welfare field, with national turnover rates estimated to chronically range from 20% to 40% a year. Two U.S. Senators want the Department of Health and Human Services to lighten the load for these workers.

States would be required to report all deaths related to child abuse and create recommendations for curbing them under a bipartisan bill being pushed in the U.S. Senate.