child welfare

Legislation requiring child-placing agencies to make reasonable efforts to keep siblings together in the foster care and adoption systems is going to Gov.…

Michigan officials say the state is now complying with federal requirements for child welfare and foster care.Gov. Rick Snyder's administration said…

A new report says more children in Michigan are growing up in low-income households now than during the Great Recession, even though the state's…

A new report says problems with the data management system Michigan uses to track its child welfare programs is one reason the state is still under court…

DETROIT - A judge says the state of Michigan still has "serious problems" in collecting statistics that are crucial to improving foster care, child…

When former Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan took the job as head of Michigan's Department of Human Services in 2011, she made it clear she would only…

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled a practice by the state's child welfare system is unconstitutional. Yesterday the State Supreme Court struck down a…

There’s an effort underway to make sure kids who usually get breakfast at school don’t go hungry in the summer months.This is the fifth year that nurses…

A new report is raising questions about how Michigan's child welfare system treats minorities.The report finds African-Americans, Latinos, and Native…