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The Morgridge Family Foundation is investing $1.4 million to expand child welfare research and professional training across the country.

There are plenty of people who were deprived of safety in their childhood. I was one of them, writes Samantha Little.

Starting in August, children in Colorado will have more freedom to roam unsupervised without exposing parents to child neglect investigations.

The Colorado Supreme Court will hear a case that involves local child welfare officials' federal requirement to notify Native American tribes about custody cases that involve Indigenous children.

The House Judiciary Committee last week approved a Colorado bill that would raise the age of criminal responsibility in the state.

Colorado lost an advocate for children waiting to be adopted with the death of Dixie van de Flier Davis, who founded the organization now known as Raise the Future.

A recent Columbia University report urges Colorado lawmakers to raise the age of eligibility for the state's Youthful Offender System, among other recommendations.

A group that offers long-term professional mentoring to kids at risk of getting trapped in the child welfare system is opening new offices.

A coalition of youth advocacy groups launched Debt Free Justice, a new national campaign to abolishing such court-imposed fines and fees.