PHOENIX — It’s now easier to get your foster-parent license in Arizona. The Arizona Department of Child Safety now offers a streamlined pre-training program called “Foster Parent College.” Under the ...

In a world that often seems cold and indifferent, there is an opportunity for us to make a difference. While many may be aware of the foster care system, few truly understand the state-mandated ...

As the economy worsens, cases of child neglect and abuse are on the rise. Money troubles are often complicated by substance abuse and mental health issues. Social workers expect 2009 to be worse than ...

The Arizona Department of Child Safety is making it easier for potential foster parents to complete the necessary training classes to become licensed. In the past, the department required prospective ...

There has been a significant drop in reports of child abuse and neglect during the coronavirus pandemic. Many fear that as we emerge, the child welfare system will be flooded as the impacts of family ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Back when students were learning completely at home, abuse and neglect reporting numbers went down, mainly because children were not being seen every day in school. But when kids went ...

To give you a lay of the land, we foster through an agency that contracts with the county and we are what they consider therapeutic foster parents, which means we typically get calls for kids who have ...

The process has changed during the pandemic, but getting started is easier than you might think. By David Dodge Six years ago, Chastity and Mark Gomez, of Denver, were speaking with friends who had ...

Erica Burt, a mom from Phenix City, AL, knows that fostering kids can be an emotional roller coaster. In a touching Facebook post, she detailed how, regardless of the training and support you receive, ...

Eastern Michigan University was awarded a $690,000 grant by the state to create a new mandatory training program for foster parents. The three-year grant from the Michigan Department of Health and ...

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