Michelle Newcomb does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Erica Russ has prior experience working in child protection and have previously undertaken other state government funded research related to child protection. She is a member of the Australian ...

In her recent Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver describes the situation of a young boy whose father dies before he is born. His mother struggles with addiction, but ...

Politics Minnesota’s child protection system needs fixes. Legislators are starting with these changes. Measures approved this session laid the groundwork for long-term changes to Minnesota’s child ...

Val Benavidez, Texas Freedom Network executive director, and other LGBTQ leaders speak outside the Travis County, Tex., courthouse on March 2 in Austin. (Erich Schlegel/AP) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For decades, researchers have pointed out that the child welfare system is riddled ...

Mitchell, of Woodbury, previously suggested legislators should consider significant changes to the state's system for keeping kids safe, and questioned whether to continue having counties run child ...

On February 1, 2019, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to the US Department of Justice raising concerns about the use of software owned by a private non-profit company, Child Rescue Coalition (CRC), to ...

Government launches consultation on make-up of Child Protection Authority, which is designed to provide national oversight of safeguarding and tackle system's 'fragmentation, failure to learn lessons ...