California must significantly increase the money it spends on child care, food assistance and other social services — by as much as $1.6 billion in the first year alone — to narrow an income ...

In 2004, California spent $430,000 to launch the Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare, an online database meant to help social workers find high-quality programs for families in crisis.

Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country.

PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for its role in the 2018 Camp Fire. L.A. wants cuts of up to $150 million in the LAPD. And I talked to the deputy director of Santa ...

California child welfare agencies under fire for pocketing foster kids’ Social Security money By Jeanne Kuang Published April 6, 2023 at 11:39 AM PDT ...

California lawmakers concerned about child care and welfare program cuts in Gavin Newsom’s budget want to see him consider prison closures.

More than 51,339 children and youth in California have an open case in the child welfare system, according to the most recent point-in-time count.Children in an out-of-home placement in the child ...

America is facing a child welfare workforce crisis. Some child welfare agencies are reporting vacancies as high as 35-45 percent of their workforce, particularly among investigators of child abuse ...

California child welfare agencies under fire for pocketing foster kids’ benefits Los Angeles County has the greatest share of the caseload, with custody of about a third of the state’s foster ...

The funds seizure is common among child welfare agencies in California and nationwide – and it’s legal. But forces are building to halt the practice, which advocates say has been in place for ...