Dorothy Roberts, a prominent voice in favor of dismantling the child welfare system, has been named to the 2024 class of ...

Oral arguments were held in a Minnesota Supreme Court case challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act, as the law's supporters ...

Jodi Hill-Lilly and Chip Spinning argue that safety science can play a role in ending the blame game in child welfare ...

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Administrator Liz Ryan. Provided photo. Fifty years ago this month, the landmark Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act was signed into law.

Legislation inspired by an Imprint and San Francisco Chronicle investigation has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Paris Hilton speaking in support of Senate Bill 1043 in April. Photo by Kevin Ostajewski. With high-profile backing and little opposition, a bill to strengthen protections for youth in California’s ...

There are mounting legal complaints against Green Hill School, Washington’s largest youth prison run by the Department of Children, Youth and Families. The mission of the state’s largest youth prison ...

Legislation protecting youth in residential care — inspired by an Imprint and San Francisco Chronicle investigation — has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. This three-part Imprint series ...

Jessica Smith grew up in Saint Paul, MN. Smith is Indigenous and was adopted at the age of 2 into a non-Native household. Smith had a decent childhood until about 12 years old. After Smith went ...

If there was a law for adopted Native children, just like the law for Native foster kids, their lives would be changed, ...