For the first time, tribal data is being included in a federal database that is essential to understanding the nation’s child ...

Eduardo Mundo and David Muhammad urge California’s governor to sign a law that would end the practice of indefinite probation ...

Evin Winkelman Richardson found that caregiver couples in strong relationships are more likely to continue fostering.

Who do sealed records really protect? We need to ask because it’s not protecting the youth, writes April Miller.

Alex Adams, confirmed today in the Senate, slashed regulations and boosted spending on foster care prevention in Idaho.

A newly streamlined process for kinship caregivers opens access to financial assistance, counseling, respite and other ...

To serve the children most in need, we must work to make adoption a clear and accessible path for all Americans able to ...

Zirkel, CC BY 4.0. A New York bill passed by both houses of the Legislature seeks to shorten the time state and city agencies ...

The most recent federal data released by the Trump administration shows another year in which the number of youth in foster ...

Since 2023, youth as young as 13 have been held in solitary confinement units for weeks or months inside a Shelby County, ...

The process to award last year’s federal youth justice grants is finally underway, but a shutdown could halt it again ...

Brenna Huna was in the system from ages 11 to 17. Huna loves writing and making art. Helping other foster youth has been something Huna has been wanting to get into so that Huna can make real changes.