Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a bill aimed at making it easier for relatives of children in the state’s care to get ...

Act would allow the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other ...

Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Gov. JB ...

Missouri’s state government steals money from abused or orphaned kids. That’s the essence of a policy of seizing Social ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, a new law aimed at helping grandparents and other ...

Feb. 2—Dear Answer Man: I read recently that many counties in Minnesota keep the Social Security money that is sent to children in foster care. When the children reach 18 they leave foster care ...

Dear Answer Man: I read recently that many counties in Minnesota keep the Social Security money that is sent to children in foster care. When the children reach 18 they leave foster care without ...

Foster kids who are trying to reform West Virginia’s troubled child welfare system will have to wait longer for their day in court. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin postponed ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky auditor Allison Ball said she received an alarming report on foster children housed in office buildings across the state. According to a news release ...

For much of her teenage years, Joanna Delaney suffered abuse and neglect at the hands of family members. Every year, it seemed, she called the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, ...

The state of Kentucky's foster care system is back under the microscope as a new report released by the state auditor provides a snapshot into how often officials temporarily house kids in state ...

The number of foster families has more than doubled.” But the number of children in the foster care system has also increased dramatically to now more than 800, from around 300 just a few years ago.