Inslee signs bill to fund pilot project on legal representation for foster kids
Washington will fund a pilot project that will provide legal representation to foster kids in two counties where those kids would...
Health care for foster and adopted children is a real concern
One of my last memories of living with my mother was of her hauling my six siblings and me in a kids’ red wagon to a corner grocery store...
Advocates: Child abuse victims will suffer under Senate health bill
Abused and neglected children in Tennessee will suffer from Medicaid cuts proposed under the Senate health care bill, warned state child...
HR 2847 & S 1215 Aim to Improve Services for Older Foster Youth
HR 2847 was Introduced by Representative John Faso (R-NY), Representative Tom Reed (R-NY) and Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) and...
Follow Foster Kids into Adulthood to Ensure System Works, Grand Jury Urges
The county of San Diego should partner with a local university to study the impact of its child welfare policies and programs on foster...
Why Child Abuse in Military Families May Be Going Unreported
Advocates for children celebrated last year when President Barack Obama signed a law meant to keep military officials from concealing...
Karen Bass: When we put kids in foster care 'we become the parents'
Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., on Wednesday said government essentially becomes "the parents" when it puts children in foster care, and then...
Governor Brown Signs the Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights
SALEM, ORE. -- Current and former foster youth gathered at the Governor’s office on May 17 to participate in a ceremonial signing of the...
New department would save foster youth -- and money
If the health-care system’s first line of intervention was the emergency room, followed by intensive, remedial treatment, what kinds of...
Oregon Governor Signs Laws To Expand Rights For Foster Kids
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed two bills into law Wednesday securing new rights for foster kids. One bill gives foster kids with siblings...