More child deaths possibly linked to abuse and neglect in Louisiana have been investigated so far this year than in all of 2025, and the number of proven fatal incidents is on pace to surpass last year’s count according to the state’s child welfare agency.
GARLAND, Texas - A 5-year-old girl died Tuesday night after being left inside a hot vehicle outside a home in Garland, Texas.
For 10 years, I was a certified foster parent in Kentucky. I recently closed my home, but one lesson still defies common sense: Kentucky has somehow made adopting one of its own waiting children harder than adopting a waiting child from another state. The Kentucky Adoption Profile Exchange, or KAPE, is supposed to find permanent […]
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MONTANA — A new telehealth effort in Montana aimed to help health care providers get faster guidance when they needed help deciding whether a child’s injury pointed to abuse, an accident or a medical condition.
Child advocates in Ohio and nationally have said proposed changes to the federal early childhood education program Head Start would be “devastating” and eliminate important health and safety standards for children. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new rule to reduce the “federal burden” for Head Start programs. […]
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Proposed changes to the federally funded Head Start program has families and childcare advocates in Montana weighing what the program could look like next.
“We have an amazing number of staff members who have had children, and it’s just really challenging to find childcare in Missoula,” said superintendent Molly Blakely.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Whether your family has lost a home, or you're feeling helpless on the fringe of so much destruction, our entire community is going through a lot. Those emotions, from fear to stress, can be easily absorbed by children, so it's important to know how to help them cope.
Lawmakers were clearly displeased with the first state Department of Human Services’ report on West Virginia child deaths, saying the short document was light on details as elected officials try to get a handle on the ongoing child welfare crisis.
