Child Welfare

Connecticut and New York are among 24 states to join a bipartisan coalition to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to a law that provides protection for children under the Indian Child Welfare Act.

The consent decree was put in place because a lawsuit alleged the system had not met the needs of children of color in foster care.

Connecticut-based Save the Children says the U.S. is on par with developing nations when it comes to protecting children. On Wednesday the organization…

The Connecticut Legislature will vote this session on a plan to end federal oversight of the state child welfare agency that has lasted more than two…

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy says a revised agreement has been reached with a federal court judge that will help end decades of federal oversight of…