The chaperone assigned to monitor the teenager had worked a 40-hour shift before the Maryland teen’s death by suicide, according to an investigation.

Here’s a look at the CHOP program helping foster families deal with children’s past trauma and mental health struggles.

Research shows that early kinship care can reduce trauma, but neither research nor the law supports disrupting an established ...

Christian Fuscarino, a leading LGBTQ advocate in New Jersey, faces serious charges of child endangerment and assault after an incident involving a foster child caught on video.

All foster children deserve a chance at finding their forever families. Far too often, Black and brown children remain in foster care too long without needed support. State and federal leaders can ...

The residential care facility operated by the child-welfare organization JCCA in Mt. Pleasant, NY. Like many such group homes, it is now handling children with far greater behavioral and mental health ...

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Marissa McCoy, Marissa Faith Photography, takes a photo of Rosie, 4, Isaiah, 4, Zyaire, 3, and Daisy 2, before their adoption hearing Wednesday. The children were adopted by their foster Parents Brian ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A bill that would change the circumstances for when a foster child may be removed from a foster home passed the house Wednesday. Adam Burkhammer HB 2027, which aims to reduce the ...

RennerVation currently serves about 500 foster youth but has about 1,000 foster clients including the families. Services are ...

The idea that poverty drives some portion of child welfare involvement seems reasonable, but policymakers should be skeptical.

After years of planning, the state has launched a specialized plan to reduce strain on families and county agencies working ...