On December 12, AEI’s Naomi Schaefer Riley and a panel of experts discussed the relationship between substance abuse and involvement with the child welfare system. William Evans of the University of ...

On March 31, AEI hosted a discussion on child welfare priorities, moderated by AEI’s Naomi Schaefer Riley. Experts Jedd Medefind of the Christian Alliance for Orphans, Rachel N. Morrison of the Ethics ...

I worked for an agency in New York City’s foster care system. What I saw there was a system that was quick to separate children from their parents because they were living in poverty. When I graduated ...

We have long known that racism and discrimination are deeply entrenched within the American child welfare system. The research is clear—according to a 2021 study published in the American Journal of ...

Readers discuss a guest essay about removing children from troubled homes. To the Editor: Re “To Protect Kids, We Need More Foster Care, Not Less,” by Naomi Schaefer Riley (Opinion guest essay, May 13 ...

After years of planning, the state has launched a specialized plan to reduce strain on families and county agencies working in child welfare.

Western Michigan University is now offering a pathway for students interested in becoming child welfare professionals to learn more about child welfare-related work. Graduate students currently ...

“I think about the families separated in Missouri over the years, not because of abuse or neglect, but because they could not afford to pay a bill or new clothes for their kids.” That was House Ways ...

Attorney Laurie Tochiki joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss the Malama ‘Ohana Working Group’s recommendations to the Legislature to improve the child welfare system, and how we can ...

In a House divided, Republicans and Democrats have found surprising common ground: Reforming the nation’s sprawling child welfare system. The Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families ...

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff released scathing findings from a federal probe into Georgia’s child welfare system on Tuesday, which concluded that systemic failures and mismanagement within the agency ...

This article was originally published by The Progressive Magazine. When I graduated from nursing school five years ago, I worked for an agency in New York City’s foster care system. I believed I was ...