The number of youth in foster care declined again in 2023, according to federal data announced last week ahead of the full ...

As we face a national crisis, it’s clear that we need a multifaceted approach to address youth homelessness, writes Thomas ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announcing in late April that an agreement was reached with legislative leaders on priorities in the 2026 state budget. Photo by Darren McGee/ Office of Governor Kathy Hochul.

A reduction-in-force letter sent to staff of the U.S. Administration for Children and Families on April 1. On a Thursday in late March, department leaders in the U.S. Administration for Children and ...

Haily, 15, was determined to keep her daughter from repeating the traumatic childhood in the foster care system she ...

Educational needs of foster youth are now being addressed by NYC's new Office of Foster Care, launched in 2023.

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When I oversaw South Carolina’s Department of Social Services, the federal government began to promote certain evidence-based services for preventing entries into foster care. But our settlement ...