juveniles given life sentences

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed significant child welfare and youth justice bills into law last week, capping a year of investments in the state’s most vulnerable children and families.

It is now illegal to place “shackles, handcuffs, irons and straitjackets” on children appearing before the New York family courts.

The nation’s largest trade organization for youth and family services providers and an accreditor of community and residential programs merged this year, and have announced a new name: Social Current.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Youth Justice Reimagined, but hasn't adequately invested in the new juvenile justice model.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed the most consequential legislation to college financial aid reform in a generation.

A Government Accountability Office report found mixed results in the effort to get states to spend more on the front and back ends of child welfare.

After Maleeka Jihad, who goes by MJ, experienced the trauma of family separation in childhood, she decided to work to keep families intact.

A former child welfare director shares advice with current leaders on distilling the calls for change.

Paul DiLorenzo envisions the role of chief trust officer as nonprofits in the child welfare space engage the community more intensely