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Patricia Saintizaire will remain in the Polk County Jail as she faces murder charges for the death of her adopted son, 4-year-old Bryan Boyer.FOX 13 Tampa Ba...

A 5-year-old boy died after being left in a hot car in Omaha, Nebraska, for about seven hours, authorities said.

Elene Deisadze was scrolling on TikTok in 2022 when she had to do a double-take. There was a girl, Anna Panchulidze, who looked just like her.

Hundreds of families who had babies taken from Spanish hospitals, such as Randy Ryder (pictured), are now battling for an official government investigation into the scandal.

Aisylu Chizhevskaya Mingalim, 53, from Tatarstan, shocked child welfare experts after marrying her 22-year-old adopted son, Daniel Chizhevsky.

"Was this why I could never shake that lonely gnawing in my belly when I was growing up? Was she the reason?"

Explore adoption assistance for foster care adoption with Families Rising. Learn about eligibility, benefits, and supports to navigate the adoption journey.

Contents Background Research Topics Methodology Findings Characteristics of Adopted Children and Adoptive Families Findings Regarding Subsidy Receipt and Amounts Background Adoption subsidies are perhaps the single most powerful tool by which the child welfare system can encourage a

Powerhouse Pam Hodgkins MBE gives us a whistlestop tour of adoption law in England and Wales. Pam we salute you for your work for adoptee rights!

Adoption is one of the few issues on which Americans of all political stripes seem to agree. According to the most recent ...

Per person, Black children are almost twice as likely to be referred to state or local Child Protective Service agencies as are White children. That discrepancy has been the subject of allegations of racism and even a movement to eliminate Child Protective Services (CPS). But a new study by the Brown School’s Brett Drake, and other

Black and American Indian/Alaska Native children are overrepresented in child welfare and experience inequitable outcomes once they are involved with the system. Learn about racial disproportionality in child welfare and contributing factors.

Explore the overlap among families experiencing poverty and those reported to the child welfare system for neglect, the societal context within which poverty and neglect exist, and strategies for preventing and addressing both poverty and neglect.

Explore factors that contribute to racial and ethnic disproportionality and disparity in the child welfare system. The publication also outlines strategies to assist professionals with addressing these issues and decision-making along the continuum.

A 4-year-old boy is dead, and his mother is in jail on murder charges, accused of beating him to death.

"By blaming the parents you're diverting attention away from the structural reasons," argues scholar Dorothy Roberts

Public acknowledgement of the discriminatory harms perpetrated by the child welfare system is long overdue.

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Adoption should not be seen as a default solution in the battle for reproductive rights. In debates about the right to this essential care, the voices and lived experiences of adoptees need to be heard.

A new study suggests more women are being shamed for the decision to place their child for adoption, making a mother’s impossible decision even harder

After the Sandusky child abuse scandal rocked Pennsylvania, the state required more professionals to report suspected child abuse. That led to a strained child welfare system and more unsubstantiated reports against low-income families.

Diane Baird labeled her method for assessing families the “Kempe Protocol” after the renowned University of Colorado institute where she worked for decades. The school has yet to publicly disavow it.

The child welfare system strives to provide children and adolescents in foster care with a safe, nurturing environment through kinship and nonkinship foster care placement with the goal of either reunification with birth parents or adoption. Pediatricians can support families who care for children and adolescents who are fostered and adopted while attending to children’s medical needs and helping each child attain their developmental potential. Although this report primarily focuses on children in the US child welfare system, private and internationally adopted children often have similar needs.

When the local sheriff knocked on the family’s door... he found only empty rooms inside.

“I wouldn’t trade him for anything!” parenting vlogger Myka Stauffer said about her adoptive son two years ago in a post that doubled as an ad for laundry detergent.

"We have been trained to see adoption as a fairy-tale ending to a tragic story."