foster care

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said bills he signed Wednesday are designed to improve foster care, speed up adoptions and help private…

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA (AP) — A newspaper finds that the insurance company that manages medical care for many Georgia children has denied or partially denied more than 6,500 requests…

By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE - Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed weak from dehydration, her parents rarely left her…

By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE - Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed weak from dehydration, her parents rarely left her…

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s governor has signed a bill splitting the ailing Department of Health and Human Resources into three new departments.Gov. Jim…

BY LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would dissolve West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources and separate it into three new departments is heading…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would dissolve West Virginia's ailing Department of Health and Human Resources and separate it into three new departments…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A yearlong inspection of child care centers across Nevada in 2022 uncovered a pattern of lax oversight and weak policies at five facilities, according to a report released this month.The review comes just…

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to leave in place most of a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care…

By FELICIA FONSECA and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday on the most significant challenge to a law that gives preference…