With the federal government shutdown barrelling toward a Nov. 1 “fiscal cliff,” state, local and tribal leaders are issuing ...

Allen was 13 when he dialed 911 for help. He found his mother, Rut, unconscious and shaking, and he immediately called for an ...

In Sacramento, cultural brokers mediate between child welfare officials and families to prevent Black children from entering foster care.

The Trump administration has told states to review and amend policies requiring foster parents to affirm the gender identity ...

After state denies wrongdoing, case continues over formerly homeless Georgia mom billed $13,000 for her kids in foster care.

Youth justice advocates marched from a Bronx detention center to a local park Tuesday afternoon, calling for long-stalled ...

A state committee has been investigating the crisis of parents who relinquish kids when they can't get adequate mental health ...

Parents who have survived domestic violence as adults or as children have a lot to add to child welfare discourse. We should ...

For years, agencies believed only 3% of foster youth graduated from college. New research finds the rate is much higher, but ...

In the first piece in The Long Way Home series, Ángela Banks explores the obstacles that aging out stacks on for foster youth ...

When siblings are kept together, children in care have better health outcomes. Yet, those connections are the exception, ...

Lawmakers passed a package of bills to protect residents from the Trump Administration’s aggressive use of deportation and ...