On Monday, the governor and the Children, Youth and Families Department released a new directive for drug-exposed newborns. Children born exposed to methamphetamines, fentanyl, poly-substance (two or ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Should the state automatically remove a child from a family if they are born already exposed to drugs? It’s a Children, Youth and Families Department policy Gov. Michelle Lujan ...

The bond between parents and children shapes much of a child’s development. When drug use enters this dynamic, it can profoundly alter not just family emotions but how children perceive their world.

PHOENIX — An Arizona lawmaker called for changes in state law on Thursday, which would allow ongoing testing of parents whose babies are born exposed to drugs after a child who was returned to her ...

Without warning or even a phone call, the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent, a resource for treating drug-exposed newborns, was cut off entirely from Washington state funds through a partial ...

Democratic state lawmakers this week criticized a gubernatorial directive seeking to take more babies born with drugs in their system into state custody. Legislators told the chiefs of the state ...

SEATTLE — Some Washington lawmakers on both sides of the aisle insist the state must find a way to reopen a nursery for vulnerable babies in Kent. Senator Tina Orwall (D) told KOMO News she intends to ...