According to newly analyzed federal foster care records from the Administration for Children and Family Services (AFCARS) for ...

Nonprofit agencies that care for children and youth who have experienced abuse, neglect, or family disruption are being priced out of existence by a constricting insurance market.

The assumption that parents of young children need only be offered services and support in order to keep their children safe ...

Several child welfare bills are entering the State Senate Judiciary Committee, and members spent Monday morning listening to what West Virginians had to say.

New data from The Imprint’s Who Cares Project finds a 19% decline in the number of licensed foster homes in the United States since 2019 ...

Under the new guidance, the state agency will no longer be able to deny or revoke foster-parent licensure based on an ...

There’s some serious issues out there that need to be addressed,” Sen. J.B. Jennings told DHS officials at a budget hearing ...

Research shows it's best practice to house foster kids with families, but a bill would allow foster kids to be placed in the most secure juvenile facilities.

Recent statistics show that, per capita, Alabama’s Black Belt region has some of the highest rates of children in foster care in the state. Nearly 6,000 children in Alabama were in foster care as of ...

Idaho lawmakers introduced two bills Wednesday to enumerate young people’s rights while they’re in the state’s care and while ...

Dorenne Simonson, 66, balances work and raising her granddaughter in New Jersey amid financial and childcare challenges post-pandemic.

As part of the agreement, the Department for Children and Families tweaked its policies barring anti-LGBTQ people from approval to foster children.