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The number of youth in foster care continued to fall in 2022, according to state data collected by The Imprint for its annual report on foster care capacity.

Despite some concerns about whether child maltreatment rates would rise during the pandemic, early numbers showed that wasn't the case.

The new KIDS COUNT Data Book shows that young Americans faced significant mental health challenges even before the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Minnesota's most populous county, fewer children in the foster care system are going home to their families.

After the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020, maternal mortality in the U.S. increased by about one-third, according to a recent study.

Adam Meier, director of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, is resigning and will be replaced by the department's current chief of staff, Charlie Brereton.

New York lawmakers have agreed to add six judges to the Family Court bench along with 14 new Supreme Court justices spread across the state.

With substitute teachers in California in scarce supply and school officials worried about future staffing, one lawmaker is proposing solutions.

COVID cases among California’s incarcerated youth have tripled since last week, and at least one youth recently was admitted to a community hospital after experiencing serious symptoms.