Seven former foster youth are suing a former pediatrician for sex abuse and a California county for covering it up.

On billboards, online and in newspapers, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson sums up his life story: “Foster care to ...

The Minnesota Foster Youth Bill of Rights would include the right to “appropriate travel bags.” Final votes will be cast this ...

Georgia state Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick. Photo, Georgia Senate. The challenges are documented and well-known: Young people aging out of foster care are more likely to experience behavioral, mental and ...

The CalFresh bill attempts to remedy the new hurdles that have emerged. It is sponsored by the California State Council of ...

A lawsuit against Washington state's child welfare department alleges the agency flouts its duty to protect the best interest ...

Closing some of California's county-run youth incarceration facilities is the only way to eliminate the excess capacity and ...

Candice Broce, director of Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services, answers lawmakers’ questions during a hearing on Jan. 23 about her agency’s budget deficit. Photo by Jordan Anderson for ...

Reports of child abuse and neglect, system responses to those reports, and confirmed child victims have all declined since the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released last week ...

Youth Voices Rising writer Destiny Jackson. Courtesy of Jackson. Everyone tells you that your early twenties are supposed to be fun. They tell you this is the time to explore, to take risks, to figure ...

A nonprofit law firm representing a group of New York City foster youth has resumed long-running litigation against the city’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the state agency that ...