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 ...

On billboards, online and in newspapers, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson sums up his life story: “Foster care to ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

Closing some of California's county-run youth incarceration facilities is the only way to eliminate the excess capacity and ...

The CalFresh bill attempts to remedy the new hurdles that have emerged. It is sponsored by the California State Council of ...

At long last, President Donald Trump has released fuller details of his proposal for fiscal 2026 spending, in the form of a 1,224-page appendix that lays out the fine print of a “skinny budget” ...