Jessica Eagle Star helps her son Noran across the monkey bars at the park in Winner on Aug. 29, 2023. Eagle Star has served as a state-licensed foster parent. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) ...
Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families is trying to increase the number of foster children being placed with family members. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Laura Tillman to ...
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — In recognition of Kinship Care Awareness Month in September, Kids Crossing, a child placement agency, hosted a seminar on new and expanded kinship foster care services. Kinship Care ...
Nearly half of the children living in foster care in Colorado are living in kinship care, which means they're living with relatives, neighbors, or friends.
With the nation's highest rate of incarcerated women, Idaho sees 43,000 children in kinship care. Resources help relatives ...
More Colorado children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or court cases now have an improved chance of ending up living with a biological relative or someone else they know, ...
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — A local foster care placement facility, Kids Crossing, in Colorado Springs, wants people to take advantage of a new state law that makes it easier and faster for ...
Child welfare is one of the biggest priorities for lawmakers in this legislative session, with multiple bills aimed at fixing ...
The important work of foster care needs to be reflected in more support for caregivers in critical areas, including for caregivers who might face frequent violence from their children. New research ...
LIMA — Allen County Children Services is promoting kinship care during the month of September, encouraging the public to thank relative and kinship caregivers who help provide a stable environment for ...
A few weeks ago, my friend Maralyn Beck, a child welfare advocate in New Mexico, received an urgent text message from a 22-year-old woman who had recently aged out of the foster-care system. She was ...
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — A local foster care placement facility, Kids Crossing, in Colorado Springs, wants people to take advantage of a new state law that makes it easier and faster for ...