Across the country an estimated 20 to 40 percent of child welfare caseworkers leave their jobs every year while 90 percent of agencies report difficulty hiring and retaining qualified staff, with ...

A child welfare worker is often the first to respond to a child in need and among the last to handle their case before they're reunified with parents or placed in a loving, permanent home. They pick ...

A child welfare worker is often the first person to respond to a child in need and among the last people to handle their case before they’re reunified with parents or placed in a loving, permanent ...

A former caseworker argues that proposed budget cuts to Rhode Island's DCYF will harm vulnerable children and staff.

Blair County Sheriff’s Deputies Julia Zucofski and Caymen Hughes raise the Child Abuse Prevention Month flag during a ceremony Thursday at the Blair County Courthouse. Mirror photo by Patrick ...

Former Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services Director Ryan Yamane is not the only top child welfare official departing the ...

MESA, Ariz. (WKRC) - A father was sentenced to decades in prison after he livestreamed his attempt on the life of a child welfare worker that he became frustrated with because the employee interviewed ...

Ed Mahon reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2024 Data Fellowship and received engagement mentoring and funding. Spotlight PA is an independent, ...

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