Foster carer Ben has urged others to look into fostering children as part of a recruitment drive A foster child has said that ...

Foster care unexpectedly took center stage at President Trump’s congressional address on Tuesday. First Lady Melania Trump highlighted her Foster the Future initiative — which secures scholarships and ...

At any given time, an estimated 400,000 children and youth are in foster care nationwide. May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and New Hope for Families is encouraging community members to get involved ...

Nearly 200 foster children in Riverside County are waiting to be assigned court-appointed special advocates — CASAs — to ensure their needs are met, but there aren’t enough volunteers, prompting a ...

Oregon’s child welfare system, which previously yanked too many children from their homes, then gave some of them too little protection and care, has made measurable strides on key targets for child ...

PHOENIX — Group homes, licensed by the Arizona Department of Child Safety, need more caring adults and accountability, according to foster kids who have lived in several of these facilities. There are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sophia Coffey knows foster care in Florida as only a foster kid can — and she is determined to change it. Growing up in the system ...

The Tennessee Department of Children's Services is asking foster families if they can temporarily house a child for the holidays. Tennessee has approximately 9,000 children in state custody but only ...

Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) announced Mississippi has launched Operation Hope, which is an effort to locate missing ...

Philadelphia’s Office of the Youth Ombudsperson was established by an executive order in 2022. Supporters say it helps track ...

The order mandates that the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) preserve federal earned benefits for children in care, ...

Governor Mike Braun signs executive order to help foster children. They don't have kids, and they don't want them: Nearly 40% ...