Ferris State University joins Michigan's effort to tackle child welfare worker shortage, offering stipends to social work students.

Foster Success has been awarded a $400,000 Springboard Prize for Child Welfare to expand its innovative Credit Build Program, ...

Ed Mahon reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2024 Data Fellowship and received engagement mentoring and funding. Spotlight PA is an independent, ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is expanding its partnership with public universities to strengthen the state’s child welfare workforce, according to a MDHHS press release ...

The School of Social Work will take part in reviewing and assessing child welfare programs nationwide after receiving a grant for more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Chiefs have pitched a child welfare reform plan that divests control from government and gives power to new First Nations led ...

In some cases, public records show those programs are directly related to child welfare programs or offices. To identify these efforts, Spotlight PA reviewed spending reports and a searchable database ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania counties are tapping into opioid settlement money to support child welfare programs as they face staff shortages, increased risks for children, and other challenges. Most of ...