WELL, NEBRASKA’S INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR CHILD WELFARE CALLS FOR CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM. SHE SAYS THREE CHILDREN TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES WITH EVEN MORE AT IMMINENT RISK. THE REPORT SHOWS HEALTH AND HUMAN ...

Commentary: State, NYC and city school system trying to help mandated reporters better connect families with the help they need. Credit: Getty Images. When a family is facing challenges, they need to ...

The School of Social Work will take part in reviewing and assessing child welfare programs nationwide after receiving a grant for more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Oakland University has joined seven other universities around the state in offering a unique opportunity for students to pursue a career in social work. Last fall OU began participating in the ...

Here are some ways to build relationships and to responsibly report on the system that pulls in some of the country’s most vulnerable people. In this Jan. 29, 2016, photo, a boy heads up the stairs of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Officials with the Florida Department of Children and Families say they are working to reinstate a federally funded program that, up until 2015, helped train the state's child welfare ...

Rhode Island College is restarting a certification program aimed at improving training for people who want to work in the field of child welfare. The Adoption and Foster Care Certificate will train ...

Los Angeles County agencies are beginning to train educators and other mandated reporters about a change in state law that has narrowed the definition of “general neglect.” Mandated reporters are ...

As Gov. Patrick Morrisey pledged his administration will be more open about the challenges of West Virginia’s child welfare system, people who watch the system closely are hoping for the best. Shiloh ...