SAN ANTONIO – For the past two months, Sherri and Eric Thomas have been caring for a family member’s child who was removed from his home. “We got a phone call on a Thursday afternoon. And Thursday ...

A 5-year-old girl plays on a climbing wall at a playground in Illinois in 2023. Over the past decade, states have worked steadily to recognize the roles of grandparents and other extended loved ones, ...

Child welfare agencies in Maryland and throughout the U.S. have long recognized that children who enter the foster care system usually benefit from placement within their family of origin whenever ...

DENVER — In June Denver Police (DPD) responded to an apartment for a call about a child who was unresponsive. That child 8-year-old Dametrious Wilson died from his injuries, and since his death, 9NEWS ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 4-year-old child was taken off life support Wednesday after sustaining severe injuries in what the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is calling a murder. According to multiple law ...

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 ...

If children can’t be with their parents, shouldn’t they be with their extended family? The question seems too obvious to ask. For all of human history extended families have acted as surrogate parents ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Maybe you're heard the phrase, "It takes a village to raise a child." In South Carolina, it seems that village is being called on more often. Kinship care is becoming more prevalent.