Cuyahoga County and child welfare advocates praised Gov. Mike DeWine this week for restoring funding for housing solutions for youth in the child protection system, but other language lurking in ...

Embattled child welfare agency appoints new director in Santa Clara County Wendy Kinnear-Rausch will lead an agency plagued with low morale, staffing shortages — and resentment ...

In a groundbreaking, deeply original investigation, Scripps News Investigates reveals the alarming and often hidden crisis of children poisoned by fentanyl.

The alliance’s president and CEO said in a statement that without the changes it had requested private foster agencies in California were “uninsurable.” The alliance’s decision has thrown California’s ...

An audit shows that Louisiana's child welfare staffing needs remain high despite years of criticism of the agency over employee shortages.

Concern over rising gas prices and fleeing gas refineries has California lawmakers wondering if the state's gas crisis is getting worse because of them.

A Democratic lawmaker in California is pushing legislation that would decriminalize most welfare fraud. State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas recently introduced ...

KCRA 3's Deirdre Fitzpatrick and Capitol Correspondent Ashley Zavala dived into the explosive debate happening over the state's child sex trafficking laws with an extensive conversation.

California lawmakers are considering a proposal that would decriminalize certain types of welfare fraud under $25,000.

A senate bill in California that would decriminalize welfare fraud under $25,000 is scheduled to be debated among state lawmakers next week.

Exploring the deep-seated distrust of the child welfare system within the Black community, rooted in a history of racial bias and systemic inequities.