child welfare

Two West Michigan lawmakers are going after child welfare issues, construction is under way on Grand Rapids' new soccer stadium, the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners voted not to pursue litigation against Consumers Energy, and more.

Health experts at the Wedgwood Christian Services event revealed mental health issues are growing, professionals are overwhelmed

As students get ready to return to college campuses this fall, people majoring in social work will have a little more incentive to finish their degree.

The bill package includes getting rid of provisions allowing for secret marriages and loopholes in Michigan’s criminal sexual conduct code

Governor Gretchen Whitmer will present her budget proposal Wednesday for the coming fiscal year. The governor says it will include a focus on services for families and children

We talk to President and CEO Candice Jone.

Nearly five years after its introduction in 2017, a Kent County is program designed to improve foster care outcomes will move from a pilot program to a contracted services with the state

The report says the Federal Child Tax Credit expansions brought 114-thousand Michigan children out of poverty

One in Five Children in West Michigan go hungry each year and a local organization is addressing this issue tomorrow night. We talk about this…

A report from an advocacy group says the number of Michigan children living in poverty was up by 23 percent from 2006 to 2014 and that child poverty…