Descendants of Freedmen, African people who were enslaved by tribes, are now eligible for tribal citizenship and its child ...

Advocates for LGBTQ+ youth decry the bill, citing negative mental health impacts for young people whose gender identity is rejected.

Our family relied on the social safety net: food assistance, WIC, cash assistance, Medicaid, free school meals and summer nutrition programs to support my development. Poverty did not define my ...

In an interview with The Imprint, Elora Mukherjee talks about how extended detention is affecting children in ICE custody.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has narrowed his top choices for child welfare commissioner — candidates who signal the ...

This kind of parenting — healing while parenting — requires strength, reflection, and deep emotional labor, writes Jose Perez ...

Foster youth are more than twice as likely to suffer a non-fatal drug overdose, a new study based on millions of insurance claims has found.

The ACF has added three new leaders to the team, including a veteran legislator from the home state of the agency’s top ...

Terry Cross with a group of children attending a NICWA-sponsored community gathering in 2001. Photo provided by the National Indian Child Welfare Association. Seneca Nation citizen Terry Cross is ...

Kids are being locked up in detention centers solely because of their mental health challenges, a new bipartisan ...