Before a law to reduce disproportionality in Minnesota’s foster care system takes full effect, an advisory council has issued ...

Lawmakers have sent SB 577 to the governor. It establishes new protections against sex abuse in county-run facilities and ...

Kids need support as they grow into adulthood. So why do we have different expectations for foster youth? Every year, more than 15,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 21 exit the foster system ...

New federal guidance is “important and potentially historic,” according to one longtime advocate for adopted children’s rights.

California is investing in wraparound services for families to try to keep parents from relinquishing kids to foster care.

The Trump administration is encouraging child welfare agencies to expand use of algorithms to aid decision-making in abuse ...

Youth Voices Rising writer Chantel Jackson. Courtesy of Jackson. In New York, some youth who age out of foster care are expected to transition into independence through an independent living plan.

Family First has failed to deliver on the vision to change foster care for the better, write Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Sarah ...

An appellate court ruled that New York City’s child welfare agency unlawfully monitored a Bronx mother after she left her ...