The longer a child spends in care, the more anxiety the child may experience due to separation. Agencies need to place more emphasis upon permanency of family for a child.” — Dr. John DeGarmo ATLANTA, ...

In the United States, more than 390,000 children are currently in foster care. Each year, between 19,000 and 30,000 youth “age out” of the system without permanent families or lifelong supports. The ...

After operating a string of unlicensed group homes that often traumatized already troubled foster teens, Santa Clara County’s board of supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an ambitious plan to ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and foster parents and social workers are sounding the alarm on the importance of it. The NC Chapel Hill Jordan Institute for Families ...

At any given time, there are about 400,000 people up to age 17 in foster care in the United States, according to The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Many will never be adopted or permanently reunited with ...

Iowa is implementing a 2023 federal rule that allows states to make their own kinship-specific licensing requirements, according to foster care workers and advocates. State data from federal fiscal ...