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 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 ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programs, with plans to terminate dozens of university grants studying improvements to Head Start and ...
The cuts would effectively gut the office dedicated to studying and improving the effectiveness of child welfare programs like Head Start, which has faced mass layoffs and a plan to eliminate its ...
Former directors of state DFCS tell governor they “are deeply concerned that this crisis is accelerating and that additional ...
Vermont is missing out on huge opportunities for federal money for child welfare services — perhaps millions of dollars, ...
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 ...