Texas’ foster care system has long been plagued by abuse and neglect allegations, and a lack of placements for vulnerable children. The state’s new community-based care approach aims to change that.

Kansas Department for Children and Families secretary Laura Howard speaks at a May 14, 2024, celebration of new legislation to expand placement options for teens in foster care. (Sherman Smith/Kansas ...

Nearly 90% of foster carers say they experience difficulties when working with social workers, while almost two thirds of social workers say the same. The findings, based on two snapshot polls by ...

One night last month, a 9-year-old boy who had autism and talked about killing himself was among about 70 foster care children and youth under state supervision sleeping in hotels across Georgia.

Angelica Brothers checked out of the Texas foster care system on her 18th birthday. She’d been caught sneaking out a few days before and as a consequence she was kept from the other kids in the group ...

President Donald Trump's executive order directing states to deploy artificial intelligence in foster care isn't just welcome ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - “Strengthening Minds... Uplifting families,” that’s the theme for The Children’s Bureau’s National Foster Care Month campaign. Foster care impacts hundreds of thousands of ...

At least 19 children died in foster care from 2007-09 The Tulsa World found at least 19 children have died while in foster care between 2007 and 2009, according to the state's Medical Examiner's ...

Something needs to be done about healthcare for children in the foster care system. That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics is now saying in a new policy statement released September 28.

More than a third of the children in Maryland's foster care system were not attending school last year, and nearly as many did not meet at least once a month with caseworkers, according to a report ...

More than a third of the children in Maryland's foster care system were not attending school last year, and nearly as many did not meet at least once a month with caseworkers, according to a report ...