Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minnesota has a history of failing to protect children from repeated harm and of disproportionately separating families of color.

South Australia’s “fragmented” youth justice system should be dismantled and redesigned with a “structured but not punitive” ...

The Liberal motion was passed unanimously one day after a report on the overdose death of a teen in the system.

Questions have arisen about the actions of child protective workers following the death of a 2-month-old baby in Colorado in July. The child's mother, 31-year-old Lisa Johnson, and her boyfriend, ...

A report by Queensland's Commission of Inquiry into Child Safety has made 52 recommendations after delivering a scathing ...

Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm faces a race against time to overhaul Queensland’s embattled child protection system – with ...

The NT government has revealed the scope of a review into the territory's child protection system, and announced that it will be led by retired NSW police commissioner Karen Webb and long-standing ...

A damning report outlining “persistent and serious failings” within the NT child protection system “reinforces” the need for ...

A review has begun into the family circumstances of Kumanjayi Little Baby leading up to her disappearance and death, which ...

The probe’s almost 1400-page report has called for sweeping overhauls, including controversial changes to adoption practices and out-of-home care.

According to Down Syndrome South Africa, children with disabilities were more vulnerable to abuse than other able-bodied children.

The Northern Territory government is set to launch an independent review into its child protection system in the wake of the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.