This is a kids’ win bill,” state Sen. Jamie Burger, a Republican from Benton who sponsored the legislation, said Tuesday.

The Carteret County Department of Social Services (DSS) has received a $6,100 donation from Jim Dandy Convenience Stores, ...

Don't forget the fight it took to accomplish this transformation. It took significant financial investments and government ...

"When families come on our radar, we need the community to step in and wrap around those families. That's how things change," said Starla Abraham with DFPS.

The age limit for foster care support increased from 18 to 21 a few years ago, but some lawmakers argue young adults emerging ...

Missouri's social services agency would be prohibited from seizing Social Security benefits from foster kids under a bill ...

An independent advocate seeking the best interest of a child in foster care can help to bring about solutions, writes Meghan ...

Senate Republicans passed a bill they say will help encourage residents to take in foster children by giving foster parents priority access to the state’s school voucher program for their biological ...

The action came the same day a federal judge dismissed a yearslong sweeping class action lawsuit against West Virginia’s welfare system on behalf of foster children. Circuit Court Judge ...

Jo Anne Gonzalez, the Board of Trustees Chair for Washoe County CASA, says that more than 600 children are in the foster care system in Washoe County, and there are only about 85 CASA volunteers.