A federal judge has ordered Texas health and human services officials to pay $100,000 per day in fines for routinely ...

It also comes as the governor seeks to put more investment into the state’s historically troubled child welfare agency ... of the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice, as Smith’s replacement.

Demanding more age-appropriate interventions for young adults charged with crimes, youth activists and formerly incarcerated ...

The U.S. Justice Department reached a settlement with the Texas Education Agency to resolve a complaint involving a student ...

A proposal for a new Department ... welfare. “It is beyond time to make an overhauling change and save our children,” she said. Maine’s child protective services program has been under ...

her conduct has faced heightened scrutiny from conservative critics, including Congressional Republicans who have raised questions about her use of federal funds. The Justice Department confirmed ...

Parents are supposed to have 10 to 14 days to respond to accusations, but instead are sometimes waiting weeks or months while ...

“The ability to exercise discretion over, and make decisions affecting, a child’s health and welfare is indicative ... In response, lawyers for the Department of Justice argued that because ...

A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli ...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice rejected requests from House Republicans for the audio recordings of special counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Joe Biden, with department ...

Thousands of Massachusetts parents face scrutiny from the state’s child protection system and, with it, the all-consuming ...

While the governor has the luxury of working with Democratic supermajorities in the legislature, that doesn't mean he'll ...