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California Agency Closures Drive San Bernardino Foster Families to Prioritize Specialized Support

A wave of closures tied to California's foster care insurance crisis has limited placement options statewide, and San Bernardino County families are looking to local foster family...

Riverside County Foster Agencies Address Training Barriers That Deter Prospective Parents

Riverside County foster agencies, such as Knotts Family Agency, are addressing training and access barriers that keep prospective parents from beginning the application process to...

New report on child welfare finds Oregon keeping more kids with family instead of foster care

In recent months, Oregon has been placing foster children with their relatives at rates higher than the nationwide average, a state report found. The post New report on child welfa...

'A lot of instability': New report shows Kansas foster care system still in need of major improvements

TOPEKA (KSNT) — After a 2018 lawsuit sparked a battle to fix the Kansas foster care system, a new report indicates that more work needs to be done. The Center for the Study of Soci...

Guidance: Guidance for Service personnel and their families on child welfare policies

Information and guidance on policies that are relevant to Service personnel and their families.

Report: Kansas fails to meet housing, mental health needs of vulnerable children in foster care

An independent third-party organization offers the 2025 annual assessment of Kansas' foster care system in light of a court-ordered settlement of a lawsuit.

Foster caregiver info meeting set for Tuesday

Right now, the agency has about 150 to 200 children in foster care.

DCFS and Woman's Hospital expand Baton Rouge partnership for newborn family support

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services and Woman's Hospital are expanding their partnership to provide more coordinated support to familie...

You May Be More Prepared For Foster Parenting Than You Think

Foster parenting readiness starts with everyday care. Learn how to become a foster parent, support children, and confidently begin the foster care process, too.

WV DoHS launches online tool to support foster and kinship families

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS) has launched an online tool to help foster and kinship families find the resources they need. The...

Feds took over Red Lake Nation’s child welfare program after series of deaths

The Bureau of Indian Affairs, which has assumed control of the embattled enterprise, found “escalating danger to children served through its child welfare program.”

Milwaukee couple adopts four children after eight years as foster parents

West Virginia enters opioid crisis ‘ripple effect’ amid foster care facility closures

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- Despite relatively stable numbers in child welfare placements overall, West Virginia still lacks critical residential care facilities for children in fo...

A massive human experiment without informed consent

A prominent researcher says we don’t know if foster care does good or harm. So why are we still running the experiment? The post A massive human experiment without informed consent...

Govt Calls for Stronger Family-Based Care for Children in Residential Homes

The Government has called for stronger efforts to reunite children living in residential care with their families where it is safe and in their best interests. Labour and Social We...

They were promised protection. Instead, these kids with disabilities died in foster care

Disabled kids make up the largest group in foster care. They have the worst outcomes. They stay in foster care longest. They're the most likely to die.

Alarm at lack of care placements for vulnerable children

A new report from the Child Law Project has highlighted an increasing shortage of suitable care placements for some of the State's most vulnerable children with District Court judg...

New report shows infants highest risk demographic in West Virginia's child welfare system

New numbers from the West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS) show infants to be at the highest risk for fatal or near-fatal incidents in the child welfare system.

Exploring adoption as a single parent: Questions to ask with confidence

There are over 70,000 children waiting for adoption in the foster system every year according to federal data from NCFA and ACF. Yet, many prospective parents assume single-parent...

What America Could Learn From How Other Countries Recruit Foster Families

by Hanna Heller at CDN - Foster care recruitment works very differently depending on which country runs it, and the United States could learn something from watching how other sys...

Nebraska hits trifecta in federal grant awards for child welfare system 

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services has been selected to receive nearly $1.5 million in federal grants intended to modernize the child welfare system. The...

Foster care official says Kansas should be ‘laser focused’ on Wichita’s placement crisis

TOPEKA — Kansas’s top foster care official said the state should be “laser focused” on Wichita to improve a youth placement measure that has consistently fallen short of court-orde...

Program for young adults leaving foster care helps build a foundation for independent living

For some young adults, life after foster care can come with its own set of challenges, especially without a support system.

'A lot of instability': New report shows Kansas foster care system still in need of major improvements

After a 2018 lawsuit sparked a battle to fix the Kansas foster care system, a new report indicates that more work needs to be done.