It expands a new waiver program at the Oregon Department of Human Services. Lawmakers created ... It would allow every child who qualifies under the CEN waiver to use their parents for a certain ...

A woman who lived with kids and animals in what a police officer called “the most uninhabitable home I have ever observed” ...

A push from one Oklahoma lawmaker could change the way the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) handles child abuse cases.

MDHHS Director Elizabeth Hertel said Tuesday during the status conference that she is happy with the progress the state has ...

We’re flooding the system,” said one child advocate, arguing that Maine is failing to keep kids safe not because it is ...

According to court documents, the victim said that his mother handcuffed him to the leg of the fuel tank, which occurred "up ...

Families relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are facing new hurdles as federal guidelines have ...

Police in Oregon ... Newport Police Department said in a statement. While a search warrant was being executed in the case on Dec. 27, cadaver dogs were "alerted to the scent of human remains ...

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in concert with Medicaid and Child, Youth, and Family Services (CYFS) release a ...

The change in approach will likely mean more children not being removed from their homes if it's safe for them to stay.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- New numbers are showing the scope of child abuse in Kentucky. The data comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 2023 Child Maltreatment report.

The new head of the state’s largest agency is well-accustomed to speaking before the state budget-writing committee, but on ...