child welfare

Governor Roy Cooper has declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and is calling on a coalition of organizations to help address child maltreatment.

The county says it's working to place more foster children with extended family members, as recommended by state officials. But one expert says the county's numbers are still very low.

North Carolina’s foster care system has reached a tipping point. Social service agencies are struggling to find homes for the children in their care, leaving some to sleep in government offices or even emergency rooms. One big reason for that? A lack of available foster families.

This summer, Guilford County’s Department of Social Services became one of just a handful of counties to be placed under a corrective action plan by the…

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is touting the over $4 million in investments it’s made in child welfare programs. Blue Cross NC officials…

A new report from a statewide child advocacy group suggests an increasing number of North Carolina children are entering foster care because their parents…