A judge dismissed child abuse charges against two California administrators, although they both still face charges of failing to report...

A group that I mentor with, Connections Homes, was in the news last week, and my husband and I were part of the interviews (for about 15...

A story from Arizona illustrates a common conundrum for people who serve young people -- when use of a legal drug warrants a child abuse...

Massachusetts has a new foster parent bill of rights that provides such important benefits as 10 paid days of respite care per year, a...

In 2019, California temporarily suspended its statute of limitations for sexual abuse, including sexual exploitation. On December 31,...

An interesting new psychology article explores what we know about the rise in self-diagnosed mental illnesses on social media. To date,...

Tennessee is the latest state to quantify its difficulty in retaining trained child welfare case managers. Its turnover rate is a bit...

A North Carolina system learned the hard way that one of its employees was shirking responsibilities and faking work reports. After a...

A strongly-worded opinion from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied qualified immunity to a police officer who forgot the...

A story from Minnesota illustrates the difficulty in recognizing when a mentor crosses the line into an inappropriate relationship with a...

The end of one year and the beginning of the next are traditional times to review progress and make new plans. For youth organizations,...

A Colorado appeals court vacated a defendant's conviction for attempting to entice a child into his vehicle for purposes of sexual...