Multiple senators have announced plans to introduce a bill that would protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination during the adoption process. The bill, authored by Sen.

When Olivia Frausto was growing up with her father and sister in Martinsburg, sleeping on the floor and waking up to cockroaches scuttling on the walls, she remembers frequent visits ...

A new report sheds light on the issue of Kentucky foster kids sleeping in DCBS office buildings and the state's next steps in addressing it.

Updated data on child care and early learning in the United States illustrate the urgent need for holistic public policymaking and robust investments that support young children, families, and early ...

A new report finds many states end up giving back some of their funds from the federal Chafee program for older youth in foster care ...

Two North West entrepreneurs are sharing their stories of being fostered and adopted in a bid to boost dwindling adoption ...

The vast majority of the ideas won't make it to the desk of Gov. JB Pritzker or become law -- last General Assembly, House lawmakers filed 5,929 bills and only passed 564 -- but the list of proposals ...

Standing in the way of a properly functioning CYFD: inadequate staffing, a lack of foster families, and lack of services for ...

"It was scary. Although I had moved a lot and I had been familiar with instability, I had never been with anyone I didn't ...

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is intensifying its focus on child welfare with its upcoming budget request, ...

Foster care is often a temporary arrangement. But for three youths CNA Insider met, it has given them so much more: Families ...

Many seniors already face more challenges, like poverty and health conditions. When grandkids are placed in their care, those ...