Red Lake tried to transform child welfare. The feds said it failed kids.

Sign up for the Lakes Country newsletter, covering Brainerd, Bemidji and beyond. RED LAKE, Minn. - Jamison Bellanger held his ...

Protecting children from harm isn't enough—welfare systems must support healing through quality mental health care

In Quebec and across Canada, people working in child welfare do remarkable work to protect children and youth from ...

Feds took over Red Lake Nation’s child welfare program after series of deaths

Federal agents took over Red Lake Nation’s child welfare program after years of staff failing to protect kids with at least ...
Opinion

To strengthen child welfare and keep families together, we need structural change

A new framework from United Family Advocates argues that federal child welfare financing requires significant reform to prioritize community-based support over the costly and harmful practice of ...
The Hill

Children do best with their families

Recently, a chorus of voices in child welfare have tried to frame the growing national effort to reduce unnecessary family separation as a threat to child safety. But what they are selling isn’t the ...

Are child welfare workers expected to be miracle workers?

Protecting vulnerable children from harm is a shared responsibility for everyone in the community, officials stress — but the ...
Essence

Child Welfare Systems Discriminate Against Black Children

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 ...

Missouri child welfare workers say restructuring is putting children’s safety at risk

By late afternoon on Sept. 25, Missouri’s Children’s Division was struggling to find enough workers to respond to reports of ...