Trump’s second term led with an effort to dramatically cut spending viewed as wasteful or unaligned with his priorities.

In 2025, Indigenous Child and Families Reporter Nancy Marie Spears examined Indigenous experiences with child welfare systems ...

In some parts of the country, emergency removals account for 70% to 95% of all entries into foster care, Sara Tiano reported ...

New York now joins Texas as the only state to fully curb the practice of anonymous reporting to the child maltreatment ...

Some of the strongest Youth Voices Rising pieces published by The Imprint in 2025, all written by youth with lived experience ...

After decades of reforms aimed at reducing youth exposure to the adult criminal justice system, The Imprint has reported on ...

The Imprint set out to discover why LA County's foster care placements have declined even more dramatically than the nation's ...

In this column, Sarah Winograd reflects lessons learned about building a prevention model alongside families and communities ...

On July 4, President Trump signed a budgetary bill that maintained his first-term tax cuts while making changes to major ...

Trump’s top child welfare official has sent letters to Minnesota officials asking for citizenship data on assistance program ...

Vincent Schiraldi argues keeping more teens in the juvenile justice system, and closer to home when incarcerated, made New ...