Child Welfare
Few systems are as critical to a community as child welfare. To an outsider, the child welfare system is also a complex labyrinth of programs that cover children’s safety, abuse and neglect, foster care and adoption as well as supporting and strengthening families. How children fare in that system will have lifelong repercussions across all parts of society. (Photo: The Seattle Times)
Latest in Child Welfare
NEGLECT AND ABUSE RESOURCES
A comprehensive collection of data and reports that focus on Neglect and Abuse, along with an extensive list of experts in the field.
FOSTER CARE AND CHILD WELFARE RESOURCES
A comprehensive collection of data and reports that focus on Foster Care and Child Welfare, along with an extensive list of experts in the field.
Who Controls Foster Care Programs and Purse Strings?
Know who controls foster-care programs? See an in-depth chart, identifying which entities in Congress and the executive branch oversee spending, and through which programs.
EXPERTS ON DEPENDENCY COURTS
An extensive lists of experts from academia, nonprofits, advocacy and government.
Foster Care and Permanence
Reporting tips, story ideas and resources for foster care and permanency issues
Uncovering Local Mismanagement of Federal and State Welfare Funds
Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.) reporter Keith Matheny describes how he uncovered the mismanagement of $6 million intended for needy families from California's Native American tribes.
2008 Winner, Radio: "Wanted: Parents"
The American RadioWorks team won a 2008 Casey Medal for a story about an unusual alternative for teens aging out of foster care.
Don't Take No for an Answer
Ruth Teichroeb is a freelance reporter, formerly an investigative reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. This article was adapted from the fall 2004 issue of the Journalism Center’s magazine, The Children’s Beat and provides tips for investigating child welfare services.
