It’s no Disney show, but after more than 16 placements, Selena reflects on how stability and safety in a foster home help...
"They're kids. They need a home; they need to be loved," says Catherine Harm, a social worker and prospective foster parent. Harm...
Molly McGrath Tierney is not some bomb-throwing outsider who wouldn’t say terrible things about the child welfare system if she understood what...
Before the Allegheny County Department of Human Services set up a data-sharing program back in 2009 with the Pittsburgh Public School District,...
NEW YORK — The cycle is often triggered by something simple: refusing to do homework, leaving clothes on the floor, typical kid...
"[If] we could keep them out of foster care and just work on with what's going on with the family at home,...
For many youth, foster care can be a safe place for care and support when the biological family does not provide appropriate...
"You might not be able to choose what time you go to bed or what you're eating for dinner, but you can...
The comment made to me the most by those who are not foster parents is: “I could not do what you do....
The House just passed legislation (which also has been introduced in the Senate) that aims to reduce the amount of time it...
Cook County now has a pilot program for dual status youth. It’s an intensive wraparound program with up to 30 hours a...
Subject: LGBTQ Youth, Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare, Safety | Deadline: May 17, 2016
"With all the obstacles you faced while you were in foster care, what motivates you to move forward in life?" Brittany Myers,...
Orphanages are not cruel institutions as so many people think. It is a home where children have opportunities to be loved and...
The last fight between my mother and stepfather was severe enough to get them both arrested. With nowhere else to go, we...
Summit Trail is an residential complex in Atlanta for teenagers transitioning out of foster care. Founded by the CHRIS Kids program, Summit...
“Somebody might get discovered tonight! I may have a record deal for you!” joked Georgia Rep. Erica Thomas, 28, at a communal...
Twenty years ago, when the foster care system in Illinois was at its worst, with 50,000 children trapped in foster care, an...
Summer residency program and year-round support helps high school kids from unstable homes achieve college success.
Children involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems face countless barriers to educational success. Our historic failure to address these...