A California welfare worker was busted for allegedly stealing the IDs of dead and elderly people to rip off $40K in benefits.

Former Madera County benefits eligibility worker Leticia Mariscal, 55, allegedly stole the information of more than 15 people ...

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (WLS/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A child welfare worker was found guilty in a landmark case involving a five-year-old who was murdered by his mother. The judge in Woodstock, Illinois, ...

Half the counties in North Carolina lack sufficient social service workers to meet the needs for child welfare and other services. That's according to DHHS Human Services Director Susan Osborne, who ...

As The Guardian reports, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) in Victoria, Australia is at the center of a firestorm after one of its employees submitted a report drafted with the ...

Child welfare systems have historically dealt with the challenges of high employee turnover, but developing a workplace characterized by inclusive leadership is one way to keep workers on the job and ...

Across the country an estimated 20 to 40 percent of child welfare caseworkers leave their jobs every year while 90 percent of agencies report difficulty hiring and retaining qualified staff, with ...

A shelter worker comforts a rescued puppy. Source: Courtesy of GSHS Animal shelters are emotionally overloaded places. The workers there can face the extreme joy of reuniting a family and the extreme ...