HHS

The Trump administration’s top child welfare official has sent letters to Minnesota officials asking for citizenship data on assistance program participants.

In an Imprint interview, the ACF's Alex Adams says he aims to dramatically improve the ratio of foster homes to foster children, among other goals.   

Officials sent letters to 39 governors calling for “immediate action to protect vulnerable foster youth” from having benefits seized.

A leaked copy of Trump's plans for some HHS finds big cuts to early childhood programs and level funding for child welfare

A number of moves are afoot at the federal child welfare agency to consolidate, and potentially limit, its communications work

New federal data shows reports of abuse and neglect continue to increase, while confirmed victims of maltreatment are at another record low. 

Any further delays in implementing FYI, a youth-built HHS platform for economic success, are unforgivable folly. 

Youth Services Insider has heard a range of numbers thrown around lately in regard to how many states plan to delay implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act, which mostly takes effect in October.

A few days before Christmas, the federal government extended an invitation to state child welfare agencies that has the potential to completely transform the system. The invitation did not arrive with great publicity.