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The rising number of children entering Montana’s foster care system appears to be slowing after years of sharp increases that burdened the state justice…
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Caseworkers in Montana’s foster care system are now receiving additional training and consultation on their work with extreme childhood trauma.Sheila…
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One of the three homes in Montana run by nonprofit organizations that help young moms and their kids stay out of the state’s foster care system closed…
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Montana’s health department is now sharing with prosecutors results of drug toxicology tests conducted on children suspected to have been exposed to…
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The Montana health department is behind schedule in modernizing the state's foster care system. Officials previously said that work would be complete in…
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The big state budget bill landed on Governor Steve Bullock’s desk Monday, one of the final acts of the 2017 legislative session, which was gaveled to a…
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Lawmakers in Helena are considering a bill that would allow foster children over the age of 14 to be involved in the planning process about their living…
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A new bill would give Montana’s Child and Family Services Division more time to informally resolve child abuse cases before they are referred to the…
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Today, a so-called Bill of Rights for kids in foster care and the parents that take care of them got its first hearing in the state legislature. Although…
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Montana’s child protection system is in dire straits. The number of kids entering foster care has skyrocketed and caseworkers are overwhelmed. Last year,…