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Michigan takes foster kids' federal benefit money and reimburses itself for their care
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 7 days ago"This is common practice among many states." Michigan makes some children pay for their foster care...
Texas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSupport once afforded LGBTQ+ foster kids has vanished and a culture of silence has blanketed the...
'The kids are what you love:' South Dakota foster families share their stories
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“He stayed with us for eight months, and then we were able to reunify...mom,” said Vande Kamp. She...
Editorial: S.A.'s THRU Project serves foster youth into adulthood
San Antonio Express-News· 17 hours agoThe more than 11,000 Texas children in foster care, removed from their parents by Child Protective...
The opioid epidemic and foster care system are colliding in Virginia
Axios· 4 days agoWhy it matters: It's one way to avoid forcing more kids into an already overwhelmed foster care system as the addiction crisis gets worse ...
Foster care fight heats up in front of appeals court over whether Texas owes $100K daily for...
KXAN via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNew court filings in the longstanding legal fight over Texas' foster care system reveal escalating...
A New Tennessee Law Allows People With Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs to Adopt Queer and Trans Kids
them via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLeaders in the “Quiverfull” evangelical movement, which encourages families to birth and raise as ...
Proposed bill aims to protect millions in federal benefits owed to California foster youth
KCRA 3 Sacramento· 3 days agoCalifornia foster care children are fighting for millions of dollars of their own benefits. Counties...
Us & Them: Our Foster Care Crisis - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
West Virginia Public Broadcasting· 5 days agoNationally, more than 390,000 children are in foster care. In West Virginia, that’s just over 6,000...
Kentucky star Ray Davis hopes NFL draft will help inspire children facing similar hardship
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Sports· 5 days ago“I’m going to continue to showcase that,” Davis said. “Just because the system was against me and...