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

Keyon at home with his mother, Salina Simpson, father, Keyon, Sr., and siblings. Photo courtesy of Simpson Shortly before Christmas of 2019, Cheryl Beaver loaded her 6-year-old grandson Keyon onto the ...

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

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 ...

Imagine a 12-year-old girl arriving alone at the U.S. border, desperate for safety. She is fleeing a gang member in Central America who had raped her and was threatening her with death unless she ...

In Ramsey County — in exchange for lesser charges and a possible clean record — some teenagers can now turn to restorative ...

Washington's well-regarded Early Childhood Education and Assessment Program (ECEAP) endures cuts amid a multi-billion-dollar ...

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On Monday, a panel of Georgia lawmakers met with child welfare workers, mental health providers and others to discuss the ...

Tom Morton, founder of the Child Welfare Institute who spent his entire career working to improve the child welfare system, has passed away at the age of 77. Morton’s career began as a youth services ...

Policy should reflect the realities of our lives, and our reality is that access to healthcare is essential, writes Bianca ...