Maryland lawmakers are calling for hearings and stronger oversight to address the practice of housing foster children in ...

Incoming Missouri Senate leader Cindy O’Laughlin wants to overhaul the state’s Children’s Division, contending the agency tasked with protecting children from abuse and neglect and placing kids in ...

There is a new director for the Missouri Children's Division. A longtime children's division employee, and recent deputy director, Sara Smith, assumed the role Thursday. "I've worked in the child ...

The Johnston Police Department recently awarded Joey Bertroche a brand-new bicycle, courtesy of Scheels in Des Moines, for ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) announced on Tuesday, July 22, three contracts have been awarded for the department’s new Comprehensive Child Welfare ...

Missouri Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, listens to business on May 16 during the waning days of the legislative session at the state Capitol in Jefferson City. O'Laughlin will ...

Incoming Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin said Missouri’s Children’s Division has failed in its core mission and needs to be restructured to protect vulnerable children. Incoming ...