A total of 445 youth spent at least one night in a Tennessee Department of Children's Services office in 2025. The average office stay was around a week, while the longest topped out at 102 days. DCS ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Newly obtained records show the state Department of Child Safety received calls dating back a decade regarding the abuse of a northern Arizona girl, leading up to her death.

The Tennessee Comptroller released the results of an audit into the state's Department of Children's Services on Dec. 16. The new audit highlights issues that repeated from a scathing 2022 audit, ...

Indiana lawmakers removed a controversial provision from the state budget bill that would have scrapped caseload limits for the state's child welfare agency. Caseload standards for family case ...

The Indiana Department of Child Services continues to face staffing challenges, according to new report. The agency's annual staffing and caseload report shows that, for the second year in a row, the ...