Rules for becoming a foster parent are meant to keep kids safe. But many of these rules make it needlessly difficult to find appropriate homes for children whose biological parents are unable to care ...

The nation’s foster-care system is overwhelmed. Thanks in large part to the opioid crisis, more and more children have been left without parents or any relatives who can care for them. Ohio has seen a ...

Angela Cook of Mineral Wells has three children of her own, but she and her husband also take in foster kids — and they keep their backpacks and school work highly organized. (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff ...

Each year, over 20 thousand foster youth age out of care at 18 years old. While testifying before Congress, one former foster youth said, “When I graduated high school, the adults I relied on vanished ...

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah judge says two married foster parents lacked "just basic human decency" when they abused boys in their care by locking them up and using duct tape and zip-ties to restrain ...

Competitive runners dream of winning races and being the one who breaks the tape at the finish line. The Hope4Kids Festival and Run is a great place to do that, but the thing the event does best is ...

A new charter for fostering is to be published which ministers hope will put an end to "myths and red tape" that have undermined some carers. It will set out clearer principles on how foster carers ...

There are foster care system problem, but that doesn't mean there aren't ways to help these kids. Credit: Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images When Tenaja Jordan came out to her parents at ...