News about foster care related issues.
Eleven more foster children died in the state’s care in the nine months ending April 30, as a decade-long court case over their care continued to grind on. Many of those deaths were avoidable, U.S. District Judge Janis Jack said at a court hearing this month. “I actually am stunned by the noncompliance of the […]
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Eight states, including Kentucky, have been tapped by the Office of Child Support Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families to develop nine programs that educate teens and young adults who do not yet have children about the financial, legal and emotional responsibilities of […]
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‘The denial of employment status and basic rights eliminates any duty of care owed to us and our families’ writes Sandra Stuart For the first time in UK history, two foster care workers, Jimmy and Christine Johnstone, have won recognition as employees entitled to workers’ rights . It’s important to understand that this isn’t just […]
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The Foster Care Review Office announced today the release of its required 2020 Annual Report with outcome indicators and recommendations for Nebraska children in out-of-home care. The FCRO’s statutory role is to conduct independent reviews of children’s cases, gather and analyze data about children in out-of-home care through child welfare or juvenile justice, and propel […]
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A child who can’t read at grade level by third grade is four times less likely to graduate from high school. This same child is 13 times less likely to graduate if they live in poverty. A recent KidsCount report showed that one in four Arizona children live in poverty. Arizona’s Children Association is one […]
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In New York City and across America, we are implementing the biggest changes to the foster care system in more than 40 years. That’s great news for thousands of children in New York and almost half a million children across the country. And it can’t come too soon: The COVID pandemic has heaped stress on […]
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Her sophomore year of high school, her parents kicked her out of the house. Chay Samuels was born into a strict family of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She remembers wanting to be with friends and socialize but her parents forbade it. So, she left. A foster family in Brentwood took her in. “They just let me stay. […]
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All Star Children’s Foundation—a non-profit foster care organization dedicated to healing the effects of trauma suffered by children who have been abused—has named Kristin Hoffman, Ph.D., as chief program officer and Sharon Ghazarian, Ph.D., as chief research officer. Hoffman, whose expertise includes working with children and families with child welfare involvement, most recently served as […]
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Club Z! is partnering with a nonprofit in Summerville that supports foster children and foster families in the area called Closet of Hope. “We’re looking to expand that as part of our services because in foster care and just a lot of these situations children fall behind from an educational standpoint,” Blitch said. “We want […]
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My husband and I have been blessed with over 30 kids. And we are looking forward to more. That’s because it’s a blessing to be a foster parent, especially to a teenager. Older children in foster care need more New Yorkers to step up to fill the role. As a foster parent 22 times over, […]
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