The first lady joined lawmakers to push for changes to the Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood.

A new report details the potential harms of probation for young people, from the perspectives of those with experience.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week announced a $37.2 million investment in apprenticeship and workforce training ...

DeAnna Pittman of the Young Women’s Freedom Center addresses the crowd during a rally and press conference Tuesday outside ...

After being sued by Native Americans and disability rights advocates, New Mexico is making slow but steady progress on foster care reforms.

The effort to pay for more residential foster care with Medicaid money, a controversial proposition, has begun anew in ...

Working alongside social workers and under court supervision, DNA samples could be collected with informed consent and strict privacy protections to help connect kids in foster care to family, writes ...

In the Bay Area’s Family and Me program, foster youth select an “alternative” to their caregivers and get $3,000 a year for ...

I learned how to survive before I ever learned what it felt like to be safe.

New York lawmakers advanced a bill to equip New York's state-run juvenile detention facilities with full-body scanners.

A bipartisan bill has been introduced that would line up federal policy with a nascent effort to get more states on board ...