This story is being co-published with The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice. When she ran the African American Adoption Agency in Minneapolis more than ...

DeGarmo sees this fatigue often in new and experienced foster parents. He and his wife have fostered kids since 2001 and know the signs well. DeGarmo said fatigue, among other factors like lack of ...

It wasn't until their children had grown up and moved out that David and Rose became foster parents. The couple had considered it while their children were growing up and finally decided to get ...

“Children in the foster system are being let down at every turn and left to fend for themselves in a broken system,” a press release from Kansas Appleseed said. Kansas Appleseed, National ...

Nightlight Christian Adoptions is continuing to raise awareness about the need for foster parents in Indiana. “We know there's about 11,000 kids in foster care in Indiana, so there's a great need for ...

Her foster parents, John and Daisy, both 37 and from Vlaardingen, will appear in court for the first time on September 5. They systematically and increasingly physically and psychologically abused the ...

Governments are essentially stealing from these children’s futures, and the practice should be stopped. When a biological parent of ... and protect our foster youth. Let’s put an end to ...

The number of children in foster care in Arkansas ... saying, 'Let's help families first,' because doing a removal is so traumatic to the parents, to the kids, to my staff," Wright said.

Those interested in becoming specialized foster parents need to be at least 21 years old, pass a background check, have a private bedroom available for the child and pass a home assessment.