Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.

In the weeks after the brutal slaying of Emily Pike, the 14-year-old San Carlos Apache girl who went missing from a group home in Mesa, some child welfare experts say the system meant to protect ...

The state of North Carolina does not check on all children after they are adopted. The case of Blake and London Deven, two children police say were murdered by their adoptive mother, has ignited calls ...

I don’t think that we’re doing nearly enough for foster youth in our city. There’s so much more that can be done,” said Philadelphia City Councilmember Cindy Bass.

When former nominated MP and assistant minister Bett Tett and her husband William Tett adopted little David Tett, it was to bring him up to be a responsible adult alongside their natural siblings.