SAN FRANCISCO July 13, 2014— California is embarking on a first-of-its-kind attempt to improve the academic lives of foster youth by giving schools more money to meet their special learning and emotional needs and holding educators and administrators accountable.
July 11, 2014
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Police Department homicide unit has taken over an investigation of the death of a 10-year-old boy at a home for medically fragile children because of the possibility that abuse he suffered five years ago played a role in his death.
July 5, 2014
Baltimore is changing the way it handles cases of alleged child abuse and neglect — part of a broad social-services strategy that has been touted by Maryland officials but abandoned in some other states.
July 29, 2014
AUSTIN — Texas leads the nation in a few unenviable categories such as having the highest percentage of people without health insurance, in alcohol-related road deaths, in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted and in the number of executions.
June 11, 2014
Thousands of American children are trapped in abusive homes and foster homes. State departments devoted to the protection of children in abusive situations, often stretched to the limits of their resources, attempt to see to the well-being of those children.
June 22, 2014
A new report published by the American Journal of Psychiatry reports that has found an association between child abuse and the reduction of gray matter in the brain that is responsible for information processing.
June 16, 2014
NEW YORK—The City Council is considering a set of bills that would mandate the city to track youth who leave the foster care system. Although the number of young people in the city's foster care system is at a historic low of 11,554 as of March this year, those who leave the system face a range of difficulties, particularly in finding housing.
June 14, 2014
After years of decline, the number of confirmed cases of the physical abuse of children in Maine has climbed dramatically in recent years - much higher than the national average.
June 12, 2014
One in 8 children in the United States will suffer maltreatment—neglect or abuse—before they turn 18 years old, a recent study estimates. The prevalence is 1 in 5 for black children and 1 in 7 for Native American children.
June 10, 2014
MONTPELIER, Vt. —The committee tasked with investigating procedures at the Department for Children and Families said it is frustrated about the lack of information coming from DCF.