Note to readers: Whenever I talk about GWK Academy, I emphasize that our first step is to help hopeful parents understand all their family-building options — including foster care and adoption. For ...

CINCINNATI — October marks "Foster Youth Voice Month," and advocates are working to raise awareness and recruit as some agencies in the Tri-State experience a record low number of foster parents.

You seek our opinion "on a matter important to all South Carolinians, especially those among us who are serving as foster parents to the over 4,500 South Carolina youths in foster care." Specifically, ...

Growing up in today’s complex world is challenging for any child, but being a foster child adds another layer of difficulty. As someone who has worked with foster youth for many years, I have ...

A new rule requiring parents to ‘support, respect, and affirm’ a child’s expressed gender identity is not necessary and has already caused some religious foster parents to leave the system. “You don’t ...

TONIGHT A CALL FOR MORE FOSTER CARE PARENTS AS NEBRASKA SEES A GROWING NUMBER OF NEGLECTED AND ABUSED CHILDREN NEEDING HOMES, ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS, ONE YOUTH SERVICE ORGANIZATION SAYS IN APRIL THERE ...

Before aging out of the foster care system, Avenues West resident Angel Shelton never knew her struggles were meant for a greater purpose. She now guides efforts to improve the lives of youths in ...

Georgia's foster care system is transitioning its Medicaid services to a new provider, causing concern among foster parents. The new provider faces accusations of denying essential mental health and ...

A new lawsuit alleges that the state is discriminating against Christian foster parents by conditioning foster care licenses on their ‘willingness to renounce their beliefs in both speech and practice ...