2018-2022: In over 700 cases, “inadequate housing” was the sole reason for removing children.
As “kinship caregivers,” grandparents or other relatives are raising a reported 2.4 million children.
Janell Braxton, 30, continues to reckon with her time in the foster system.
As homelessness rises, the Wiyot are ensuring youth have "a place to call home."
Illinois foster kids are staying in social workers' offices, conference centers and jails.
GRANT FOCUS: Foster Care/Youth, Trauma, Mental/Behavioral Health, System-involved Youth | Amount: $750,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023
Youth service providers play an integral role in supporting the needs of young people.
A new report compiles and examines data on foster youth ages 14 to 21.
In 2021, 44 Arizona children died from fentanyl overdoses.
By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.
The tool's widely-used algorithm may discriminate against people with disabilities or other protected groups.
Experts warned child abuse would rise during COVID. These researchers found otherwise.
New York’s new online mandated reporter training course is less awful than its predecessors.
The lawsuit alleges that North Carolina children are isolated in restrictive, clinically inappropriate placements.
And less than a third of teens in foster care receive birth control information.
There's a larger story behind the Hart murder-suicide, Asgarian says.
Children run away from out-of-home placements because they are in out-of-home placements. Institutionalization is inherently harmful, inherently traumatic and almost never necessary....
“The program is looking to close the achievement gaps for kids in foster care,” said Jenna Mendez, Corona-Norco Unified School District's foster...
The number of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled in the past two decades...
GRANT FOCUS: Immigrant Children/Youth, Unaccompanied Children, Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare | Amount: $500,000 - $12,000,000 | Deadline: Nov. 29, 2022