Department for Children and Families

Vermont's state-run juvenile detention center has been ordered to reduce the use of solitary confinement and ease disciplinary procedures.Late last week,…

The state of Vermont is planning to move about 30 social workers from the Barre office where a colleague was shot to death last summer to a nearby…

Staff at Vermont's Department for Children and Families received 85 threats from members of the public in the two months after a social worker was fatally…

The number of young children in Vermont who have been taken into state custody has spiked by more than 50 percent.For the first time this summer,…

Police say a Vermont woman charged with killing a social worker and three of her relatives after she lost custody of her 9-year-old daughter may have…

Vermont State Police say a man cleaning his handgun at a campsite accidentally shot his 9-year-old daughter in the stomach, sending her to the intensive…

A Vermont woman accused of killing a social worker because she was upset about losing custody of her 9-year-old daughter has been charged with gunning…

It was a heart-wrenching story that broke a week ago: Police say a woman upset over a custody decision gunned down a state worker and three family…

Vermont's chief superior judge says he believes a child protection bill awaiting Governor Peter Shumlin's signature will help courts respond better to…

The head of Vermont's child protection department is resigning to lead a community based nonprofit organization. His resignation comes in the aftermath of…