When the legislative session begins Wednesday, its Children’s Committee plans to propose legislation focused on reforms to ...

Through the investigation, police found that the man was not a resident of the foster home, but he stayed there “frequently.” ...

The woman, Jacklyn Goulet, claimed that the girl’s mom, Karla Garcia, asked her to do so and that she didn’t know the girl ...

Lawmakers say they’re working on reforms to a child welfare agency that’s been in the spotlight for the past 12 months.   Rep ...

A state juvenile court halted a DCF plan to send U.S.-born child to Guatemala. Emergency court filings also raised new concerns about the father’s alleged criminal history.

For the first time, New Bedford foster parents are speaking publicly as they advocate to keep their foster child in the United States, saying the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families had ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department for Children and Families awarded a $10 million grant Thursday to help prevent ...

Massachusetts DCF deemed the man fit to parent despite criminal charges, visits where he forgot her medication and a language barrier that prevents communication, according to court documents.

A 10-year veteran at DCF met with a 21-year-old woman she believed to be Jacqueline 'Mimi' Torres-García, court testimony ...

WASHINGTON — Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for ...

A Connecticut mother allegedly got a 22-year-old woman to impersonate her murdered 11-year-old daughter to fool a Department of Children and Families caseworker after killing the homeschooled child.

The revelations continue on day two of the probable cause hearing for Jonatan Nanita, one of three people connected to the ...