Adam Crapser has become something of a cause celebre for what critics say is a flawed United States law that unfairly leaves tens of thousands of international adoptees in limbo without citizenship.

Former President Donald Trump's pledge to implement mass deportation if he's reelected has ignited fears of family separations. 

Standing beneath the foothills of the Estrella Mountains near the Gila River Indian Community, President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned, first-ever apology to survivors of Indian boarding schools today, calling the years between 1819 and 1969 shameful and “one of the most horrific chapters in American history.” 

"We cannot do this work alone. The church in the United States of America has led the charge globally to provide solutions to children that no one was willing to care for," says Philip Aspegren, the co-executive director of Casa Viva. 

Legislation now before Congress seeks better accounting of “hidden foster care” — a widespread but poorly regulated practice relied upon by child welfare agencies to shuffle kids out of their parents’ homes without court oversight. 

Legislation aimed at better protecting youth sent to residential treatment centers in California — a bill inspired by an Imprint and San Francisco Chronicle investigation — has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. 

This paper addresses the consequences of child-parent separation at the U.S. southern border and offers suggestions for supporting these families including child-parent psychotherapy.

The Summit is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future.

This article provides a unique comparison of four non-professional stakeholder groups involved with dependency courts overseeing child protective services cases in the state of Maryland in the United States.

After months of languishing in an abusive boarding school in Jamaica — where boys said they were beaten, waterboarded, starved and whipped — Michigan teenager Elijah Goldman begged to come home.