Rosa Alvarez with her husband, Michael, their children and grandchildren. Provided photo. This is what growing up in a foster home on an Arizona reservation gave Rosa Soto Alvarez: family road trips ...

The state is the latest to eliminate policies requiring foster parents to affirm youths’ sexual orientation and gender identity amid legal pressure. Lawsuit plaintiffs Jennifer and Shane DeGross.

A bipartisan House bill has been introduced that would ease the path to housing vouchers for youth aging out of foster care ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who signed a new juvenile justice reform, at a 2023 Board of Public Works meeting. Photo: Maryland GovPics/Flickr Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a law Tuesday to reduce the ...

New data shows racial disparities in who passes the standardized test to become a licensed social worker in the U.S. Illustration by Christine Ongjoco. Kathy Elisca Clermont is on the cusp of becoming ...

Rick Jackson, the Georgia billionaire who trumpeted his childhood in foster care, is now in a runoff for the Republican ...

Every year, thousands of young people across the U.S. leave foster care with no stable housing, no financial cushion, and ...

The Trump Administration’s latest cost-cutting blitz has eliminated millions of dollars in funding for the nonprofit overseeing popular volunteer programs that match Court-Appointed Special Advocates ...

Two people hold hands at the oral history project site visit in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Provided photo. They’ve come from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. From the Ojibwe and Inupiaq. Smoke ...

New York’s highest court has halted a program for volunteers to host kids from struggling families, bypassing the formal ...