As family homelessness hits record highs, a few school districts offer parking lots as safe sites for students and their ...

States that opt into the Trump administration's A Home for Every Child initiative can now compete for federal funding awards ...

We need a system where families can access intensive mental health services without surrendering custody of kids.

Casey Family Programs has announced its annual Excellence for Children award winners, which this year includes an architect of the lived experience movement and a unique job training program for ...

Georgia Republican candidate for governor Rick Jackson during a campaign stop at Augusta’s Daniel Field in April. Photo by Joe Hotchkiss/The Augusta Chronicle. The messaging is everywhere these days ...

Seven former foster youth are suing a former pediatrician for sex abuse and a California county for covering it up.

Georgia state Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick. Photo, Georgia Senate. The challenges are documented and well-known: Young people aging out of foster care are more likely to experience behavioral, mental and ...

The Minnesota Foster Youth Bill of Rights would include the right to “appropriate travel bags.” Final votes will be cast this ...

A legal team that previously challenged the Indian Child Welfare Act is bringing the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court once ...

A lawsuit against Washington state's child welfare department alleges the agency flouts its duty to protect the best interest ...

Los Angeles County may be on the verge of settling a lawsuit brought by the family of Gabriel Fernandez, the 8-year-old Palmdale boy who was beat to death by his mother and her boyfriend in 2013.