Governor, First Lady talk about raising nine kids, and overhauling state foster care system

Parents' drug abuse often lead children down a path of abuse, neglect, and abandonment.

A camp designed to help youths who have been through the foster care system cope with grief and connect with others who have lost their birth families.

Two years into new plan to address neglect and abuse, workers still find significant care issues in DHS group homes. 

Restore Opportunity Now coalition seeks living wage for human service workers.

Opioid problem has caused the cost of foster care in Columbiana County, Massachusetts to increase 40 percent.

Child abuse causes the number of children in foster care to rise.

In order to better serve youth trafficking victims, this study developed a Human Trafficking Screening Tool (HTST) and pretested it with 617 runaway and homeless youth and child welfare-involved youth. 

The present study represents the first large-scale, prospective comparison to test whether aging out of foster care contributes to homelessness risk in emerging adulthood in the USA. 

Advocates voice support for a bill that would allow for the establishment of a national standard and database for increased uniformity and transparency.