The Indiana Department of Child Services hotline received on average about 600 calls each business day in 2020, the agency said, compared with about 700 calls on average every business day in 2018 and 2019.

Students in Indianas foster care system face a much higher expulsion rate and much lower graduation rate compared to their peers, according to a new report.

A House committee dramatically scaled back a bill that wouldve provided greater oversight of the Department of Child Services.

New York-based advocacy organization A Better Childhood filed the lawsuit on behalf of Hoosier foster children. The state wants court filings in the case sealed and redacted, it says, to protect children's confidential information.

The Department of Child Services reviews all child deaths where abuse or neglect was suspected.

It's been one year since an independent investigator unveiled a detailed report on the Indiana Department of Child Services.

Nonprofit group Trinity Haven is preparing to open housing in Indianapolis for LGBTQ youth and young adults who are experiencing homelessness.

DCS created a new position associate director when it recruited Todd Meyer from his post as a county prosecutor.

The Indiana Department of Child Services is responding to a class action lawsuit alleging the agency is failing the children in its care.

Most of the nearly 300 new laws crafted by the General Assembly this year take effect Monday.