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We use our experiences in collaboration with system professionals to construct better outcomes for ourselves and others, writes Rayla James.

A federal audit into psychiatric drug prescriptions for foster children in Indiana revealed hardly anyone was keeping complete records.

A Mississippi bill being considered by the state Senate would create a short-term scholarship program for students who spent their teens in foster care.

Thursday marked a raucous day of hearings in New York City, with parents protesting the overreach of the child welfare system.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed the closure of the state’s only lockup youth facility, saying that shuttering it would pose a threat to public safety.

Perhaps the ninth time will be the charm for lawmakers who want to ban the routine shackling of juvenile defendants in Minnesota courtrooms. Every year since 2013, legislation to do so has fallen short.

Colorado youth who have transitioned out of foster care can re-enter the system if they wish to access services expanded under a new state law.

The American child welfare system is one of our nation’s greatest civil rights crises. It fails to meet its fundamental obligation: to protect abused and neglected children. Instead, it needlessly separates families – particularly black families – simply because they are poor and puts their children into foster care, where they often experience actual maltreatment.