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Kansas Appleseed analysts object to a House bill that would extend state protection from lawsuits to private child placement contractors.

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Psychological stress from childhood adversity doesn't just affect mental health. A new study shows that trauma like family disruption physically damages the immune and metabolic systems of children as ...

A state lawmaker’s proposal to close Louisiana’s child welfare agency has been put on hold while she and the head of that agency work on a compromise that will address the department’s chronic ...

Mandated reporter training often tells clinicians to report first and ask questions later. But support—not surveillance—is what actually keeps families safe.

What started as a missing-child call in Spring ended with a mom in handcuffs and investigators walking through what they ...

Whether students should use AI in the classroom is a hotly contested issue. Will it boost their learning and prepare them for the workforce or will it lead to digital dependence and cognitive atrophy?