Maureen Flatley and Taylor Barkley President Donald Trump’s executive order directing states to deploy artificial intelligence in foster care isn’t just welcome — it’s overdue. The provision calling ...

A skinny 16-year-old languidly slumped in his chair at 45th District Court at the Bexar County Courthouse. The Black child leaned to one side so far that his head sat seemingly disembodied above the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It is a crisis the numbers show may be getting worse. Since 2020, 162 foster children have slept in the office of Franklin County Children Services. And so far this year, 36 children ...

In Lucas County, home to the city Toledo, the cost to place kids in foster care is soaring – up 77% in just a few years. Counties across the state are noticing similar rises. In Lucas County, home to ...

Despite a child sexual assault investigation, a San Antonio foster executive kept his job at Texas Foster Care & Adoption Services. This is the second story in TPR's three-part series "Justice Ignored ...

To foster a child in South Carolina, a person’s religious beliefs can be required to mirror that of a private placement agency — at least for one agency in the Upstate — a federal court has held. In ...

This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. Her case worker said Tennessee would be a new beginning.

WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — Local non-profit Dorothy’s Lane is celebrating a new addition to its services it calls a huge win for foster care in Kansas. Since 2016, the organization has been active in ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Nebraska’s foster children spend an average of 20 months in foster care, with three family and school placements during that time. A Department of Education grant-funded, ...

Iziko Calderon was in 10th grade when the seizures started. A foster youth who had churned through abusive homes, Calderon assumed the episodes were a reaction to years of pent-up trauma. Calderon ...