Child and Family Services Division

State health officials say Montana needs to continue a boost in funding to deal with the heavy caseload in the foster child system.The increasing number…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Department of Justice review suggests the state could prevent child deaths with public campaigns about reporting child abuse and…

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…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The head of the state health department says child protection workers in Billings are facing "crisis level caseloads" leading the…

Filings for child protective custody cases in Missoula County are at an all-time high.The local county attorney’s office last year filed 195 new cases.…

Fourteen Montana children, whose cases had been reported to the state’s child protective services, died last year. Drug or alcohol use was identified in 9…

As Montana lawmakers look to find ways to trim state spending amid a budget shortfall, officials who oversee the state’s foster care system say they need…

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…

Democratic Governor Steve Bullock blames the state’s failing child and family services system on the state legislature. Today the Republican chairman of…

Jillian Johnsrud always wanted to be a foster parent. On her first date with the man who would later become her husband, she had an out-of the-ordinary…