child welfare

But many child welfare officials believe the team process works.

But in others, only part of the child welfare system would be turned over to a private company.

Child welfare services also focus more on school social work.

Often, for parents under pressure, the child welfare system is the only way out.

The city child welfare agency could not provide any information about him.

The family appeared to be well known to city child welfare workers.

But other child welfare experts say true change may take years.

Child welfare is best served by a relationship with both parents.

Or put the children in the care of the state child welfare agencies.

Almost all of this was known to the child welfare agency.

"Certainly that's the history of child welfare in this city."

In 1988, child welfare workers removed the children from their mother.

City child welfare officials would not say why they were removed.

Then she went to work for private social agencies in child welfare and family services.

The 300 people working in child welfare do a good job under the most trying circumstances.

Roughly 600 new child welfare staff members are now in place.

That was decades ago, yet child welfare has changed little.

Child welfare officials hope to find a permanent home for him.

The demands on the child welfare system continue to increase.

Q. What do you think about the child welfare system?

She was told the child welfare agency's investigation had not been done.

But fixing child welfare could be government at its best, and most difficult.

Her death made headlines and called into question, once again, the child welfare system.

Child welfare experts say that there are simply not enough services for all the children who need help.

Many of these families had records with the child welfare agency.