The Latest Breaking News from Department of Human Services

PHILADELPHIA — A Commonwealth Court judge has ordered Pennsylvania state officials to take custody of 15 children currently living at a juvenile detention facility in Philadelphia that the city says is dangerously overcrowded and understaffed. They’re among 135 statewide on a waiting list to receive court-ordered treatment at state placements…

Former human services official Scott Britton also tells royal commission his team were under pressure to propose budget savings when scheme identified

Mississippi’s largest public corruption case in state history involves tens of millions of misspent dollars earmarked for needy families

A Queensland mother whose son took his own life just hours after learning he owed a Centrelink debt says she hopes the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme will bring about justice for victims.

Officials have urged reforms at the facility for people with mental and developmental disabilities. But the state-run center still has more allegations of abuse and neglect than any in Illinois.

The money will come from Illinois’ share of a multistate settlement with drug companies.

The $2 million paid out in June is the first down payment on a pledge to spend $250 million in federal funds on violence prevention.

PITTSBURGH — The new national mental health crisis phone line, 988, was launched on Saturday, but many fear states and their lifeline call centers may be understaffed and unready to absorb the influx of new callers.

Staff at Adelaide's youth detention centre "feared for their lives" and had to use plastic chairs as shields to defend themselves as two teenagers allegedly attacked them, the union claims.