A newly streamlined process for kinship caregivers opens access to financial assistance, counseling, respite and other ...

Sacramento State University President Luke Wood was adopted out of foster care as a kid. Now he makes the campus welcoming ...

Minnesota’s family courts must now review more timely and detailed plans for all foster youth as they approach age 18.

Wendy Young of Kids in Need of Defense writes about the pay-to-play nature of new rules for unaccompanied children ...

Washington's well-regarded Early Childhood Education and Assessment Program (ECEAP) endures cuts amid a multi-billion-dollar ...

In Ramsey County — in exchange for lesser charges and a possible clean record — some teenagers can now turn to restorative ...

On Monday, a panel of Georgia lawmakers met with child welfare workers, mental health providers and others to discuss the ...

Nell Bernstein is a freelance journalist based in California’s East Bay. She can be reached at [email protected] ...

Los Angeles County may be on the verge of settling a lawsuit brought by the family of Gabriel Fernandez, the 8-year-old Palmdale boy who was beat to death by his mother and her boyfriend in 2013.

Ma’Khia Bryant and Cornelius Fredericks were both teens in foster care when they were killed by police and residential treatment center staff, respectively. File photos. Cedric Lofton. Cornelius ...