PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial ... issues surrounding the increasing use of algorithms within the troubled child welfare system in the U.S. While some ...

It wasn’t too long after my family was thrust into homelessness that the Department of Children ... likely to enter the criminal justice system. The child welfare agencies my family interacted ...

"The push to ease child labor regulations comes at a terrible time because U.S. schoolchildren moved backward academically ...

The AP has learned the Justice Department is investigating one Pennsylvania county’s child welfare system to determine whether its use of an algorithm discriminates against people with ...

Do child-welfare agencies discriminate against people with disabilities? That’s the implication of an investigation that the Justice Department launched last ... or substance abuse from any additional ...

Federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department may be winding down. Justice Department officials and city leaders ... And ...

The U.S. Justice Department is asking the same question. The agency is investigating the county’s child welfare system to determine whether its use of the influential algorithm discriminates ...

The Oregon Department of Human Services celebrates National Social Work Month in March. Social work is inherent in the work ...

Child welfare algorithms plug vast amounts of public data about local families into complex statistical models to calculate ...

Members of the Child Friendly Accountability Mechanism (CFAM) have called on stakeholders and duty-bearers to demand justice for child victims of abuse in the communities.They also urged stakeholders ...