Washington Department of Children Youth and Families

For three decades, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids.

A program that offers Washington foster youth personalized support through graduation has been cut due to the state's budget crisis.

As state leaders in Washington push for a new juvenile prison site, family members of incarcerated youth and their advocates slammed the plan.

Staff misconduct, fights, long cell stays and overcrowding continue to plague the largest youth lockup in Washington state.

State officials in Washington have new authority to investigate alleged abuse of children in residential treatment centers and other settings.

An effort by unionized Washington social workers to remove the state's top child welfare official will not move forward.

Washington's unionized social workers are calling for the state’s top child welfare official to step down, saying he's lagged in reforms.

Unionized caseworkers in Washington’s child welfare agency are set to receive a pay increase in 2023 after five months of bargaining.