Outside of the traditional foster care system exists a shadow system of potentially hundreds of thousands of children removed by CPS to their relatives or family friends—without a court case, monetary support, or due process.
Patient Safety and Ethics
After fleeing their homeland scarred by U.S. nuclear tests, Marshall Islanders finally get the health care that was promised them.
County officials across California are scrambling to find new homes for more than 100 children with mental health and behavioral issues, following the state’s landmark decision to stop shipping these young people to faraway facilities.
When it comes to children, Florida's law regarding involuntary commitments for psychiatric treatment is applied inconsistently.
Schools in the county are changing curriculums to ensure immigrant students are welcomed and supported.
The third story in The Tribune’s “Substandard of Living” series examining the experiences of low-income renters living in poorly maintained housing in San Luis Obispo County.
In the midst of the pandemic, a new foster care model based on community living and known as a "children's village" has opened up to foster youth on the Cheyenne River Reservation.
Child welfare cases are at a 14-year high months after Los Angeles County’s Dependency Court reopened in June. Families and attorneys are struggling in virtual courtrooms.
Are new policies from the nation’s largest group of physicians on race a game changer — or too little too late?
The state Department of Health posted COVID-19 hospitalization data by race on its website Monday for the first time since the pandemic began.