Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images. The Ohio Senate Finance Committee approved long-awaited changes to child welfare processes and agencies in the state ...

The House’s leading lawmaker said Republicans and Democrats agree that child welfare is paramount but disagree on best ...

Paris Hilton is opening up about her experience with past abuse as she continues to advocate for legislation that better protects children from suffering institutional abuse. On Wednesday, the actor, ...

For the third time, the Senate Judiciary chairman brought up a bill meant to closely study the challenges of West Virginia’s child welfare system. This time, in the form of establishing an advisory ...

A push to change Washington's controversial "Keeping Families Together Act" fell short in this year's legislative session.

Tammy Lee Fatino and her husband started their journey to adopt two foster children in 2010. They wanted to model for their five children what it meant to give, and be a good steward of things given ...

The state Senate Judiciary Committee is due for a busy week as it takes up discussion on several bills relating to child ...

CAPITOL — A Caldwell state representative and a local advocacy group are calling for changes to Idaho’s child protection system, saying several reform bills aimed at preventing wrongful child removals ...