Child Welfare

When low-income parents enroll in Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) state expansion program, their children have considerably better odds of receiving annual...

As a social worker, we spend a good deal of time looking at systems, and systems work means we can’t...

Participating in Head Start may help prevent young children from being placed in foster care, finds a national study led...

In 2015, more than 425,000 children were placed in foster care due to incidents of abuse and neglect. But many...

Photo Credit: Foster Youth In Action In May 2016, Anna Shobe-Wallace, program manager for Louisville Metro Community Services said, “Each...

On 29th March 2017, the publication of yet another report was released examining the operation of our child protection and...

On June 23, 2017, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to authorize funding to support mentoring programs that have a...

Congresswoman Karen Bass speaking to Foster Youth Representatives on Capitol Hill On May 24th, 2017, in honor of National Foster...

For the first time, the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children will be shared with learners around the...

Mothers who work as healthcare professionals – physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners – can significantly reduce their stress levels...

SCOTLAND - On January 31, 2017, following a survey of 2,500 foster carers, the Fostering Network has warned that the...

In March 2016, there were 70,440 children in care throughout the UK. This is an increase on the previous year...

Every year, educators in the public education system spend roughly 180 days and approximately around 1,000 hours with our children....

By: Brian Neese Human services is a broadly defined field that seeks to improve the overall quality of life of...

UTRGV students Carlie Patrick (far left), a junior English/communication studies major, and Leroy Berrones Soto (second from left), a sophomore...

Often, helping professionals in the lives of foster care youth struggle to understand the magnitude of loss a child or teen...

Many social workers, other helping professionals, and foster care alumni have recognized the value in utilizing technology to support foster...

Generally speaking, helping organizations view humans from two polarized lenses.  Some organizations believe that their employees are good people and...

In 2008, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act required states to begin developing plans to monitor health...