Many children are separated from their families due to poverty, not neglect. Tennessee recently passed legislation stating that economic hardship alone is not grounds for parental termination.

A new Tennessee law specifies parental rights cannot be terminated solely because of economic disadvantage. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) “Child protective services should focus on providing ...

Maine’s current definition of neglect, which includes “deprivation of essential needs,” is easily conflated with poverty. Two proposals before the Legislature seek to update state law to better ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would change the definition of neglect in the foster care system to prevent children from being removed from homes solely due to poverty. Concerns ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Under Missouri’s child protection law, teachers and other school officials with responsibility for the care of children are ...

The idea that poverty drives some portion of child welfare involvement seems reasonable, but policymakers should be skeptical.

A new study published in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences indicates that children whose parents faced adversity during their own childhoods are more likely to experience depression and anxiety as ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the current poverty and insecurity being experienced across the country to decades of neglect and resource mismanagement by past administrations. He further ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights’ thematic report on “Welfare and Control: The Paternalism of Support,” ...

It is very, very rare that a biological parent tells me they don’t want to parent their child. Parents love their children. Their children also belong with them, barring cases of obvious unsafety. Yet ...