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

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

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

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] ...

On this week’s episode we talk to Gretchen Sisson, a sociologist studying abortion and adoption. Sisson’s research on mothers who choose to relinquish their rights into private adoptions led to her ...

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 ...

The Imprint was fortunate to feature dozens of perspectives and analyses in our op-ed section this year. The following is a selection not necessarily of the best 10 pieces from 2023, but strong work ...

A class-action lawsuit filed last week accuses the Alaska child welfare agency of failing to support birth parents, kinship caregivers and foster parents, while violating the requirements of the ...