THE HHS DIVISION THAT RUNS federal early-childhood programs is called the Administration for Children and Families, or ACF.

The most common conditions of maltreatment include parental drug and alcohol abuse, severe mental illness, domestic violence ...

Federal cuts to child care assistance programs are putting families across the United States in a tough spot as they face ...

Poverty is a pernicious policy problem that blights lives and robs children of a healthy, educated and well-rounded ...

Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to explore the socioeconomic causes behind the drop in childhood immunizations, using data from the CDC.

This week, we celebrate 50 years of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the impact it's had on millions of ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ...

Children represented by the nonprofits, according to the groups’ complaint, arrived in the United States to flee violence, poverty and other dangers. Many of them are from Central America.

Norwegian filmmaker Monica Strømdahl’s debut documentary shows a side of America about which many remain unaware.