foster care

Teens who enter the foster care system close to adulthood are put under a lot of stress, and it's not addressed enough, writes Chloe Gartner.

The reason healed advocates need to be in spaces is because they show up with a different intent, writes Sabrina Anderson.

A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of nine Louisiana foster youth against Gov. Jeff Landry and his child welfare director David Matlock, accused the state of inadequate staffing, placement instability and insufficient medical care for kids. 

The Family First clearinghouse added one interesting service to the approved list while rejecting nine others and adding 16 more for review

A scathing report on Georgia foster care, issued by Sen. Jon Ossoff, drew a sharp response from the state.

Richard Wexler argues that a stronger presence of family and legal advocates has steeled Minnesota against foster care panics

I went from being in a space with only Fosters to non-foster peers who had always had a stable home and family, writes Travis Matthews.

A new report on kinship caregiving in America shows that federal spending to help relatives care for the children of loved ones as increased