At just 12 years old, Sherry Syson made a decision that changed everything, one that forced her to grow up fast and fight for ...

Foster parents, caregivers and state agencies can now review high-level data of all 50 states’ child welfare systems, ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 13, 2025. Click here for that audio. More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state — that means the government has assumed the parental ...

The Senate chair grilled DHS officials about how some foster care children who can't be placed are staying in hospitals for ...

DECATUR, GA — A newly renovated transitional living community for youths aging out of foster care celebrates its grand ...

KANSAS CITY’S NEWS LEADER KMBC NINE NEWS. THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED AS A WAY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY’S MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS KIDS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE KIDS STAY IN THE SYSTEM UNTIL ...

Foster Success has been awarded a $400,000 Springboard Prize for Child Welfare to expand its innovative Credit Build Program, ...

According to Wellroot Family Services, one of the oldest child welfare organizations, there are more than 11,000 kids in the ...

The "Picture Me" podcast, created by Jon and Sarah Vineyard for the Heart Gallery of Central Texas, explores the foster care ...

The 2025 audit called the training reduction and elimination of professional qualifications “woefully insufficient” to ...

After decades of managing the local foster care system, Garfield County is stepping back and transitioning local foster homes to private foster care licensing and child placement agencies. Child, ...