Young runaways, immigrants more likely to become trafficking victims | Loquitur
According to the Congressional Research Service, there are more than 1 million homeless youth living without supervision on the streets, in abandoned homes and buildings, in... Read More
There are 10,000 kids in foster care in Maricopa County alone
You don’t need to be a foster parent and take a child in 24/7, or adopt a child in foster care to make a difference. You... Read More
Parents, advocates tackle issues with Kansas’ foster care system
Foster care parents and children’s advocates examined ways to address the rapidly growing number of juveniles in Kansas’ troubled foster care system during a forum... Read More
Foster care teens can soon ask to reunite with birth parents
Teenagers in foster care in Virginia will be able to express their preference on restoring their birth parents’ parental rights under a law that will... Read More
More than a statistic – Hardship drove senior Htet Htet Rodgers to success
MORE THAN A STATISTIC Hardship Drove Senior Htet Htet Rodgers To Success Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Ernestine S. Gray and Joy M. Bruce, executive... Read More
How We Found More Black Foster Parents and Confronted the Racial Disparity in Foster Care – Youth Today
I’ve worked in child welfare for over eight years and, from day one, I’ve been struck by the high numbers of black children in foster... Read More
Oklahoma Senate passes controversial adoption bill
From the piece: “Bills such as SB 1140 are a clear attempt to solve a ‘problem’ that simply doesn’t exist while enshrining anti-LGBTQ discrimination into... Read More
Philly halts foster placements with 2 faith-based agencies shutting out LGBT couples
Mayor Jim Kenney said he finds it unbelievable that the two faith-based agencies that had been contracted with the city discriminate against qualified same-sex couples.“I... Read More
Gov. Henry McMaster allows foster care agencies in South Carolina to favor certain religions
Gov. Henry McMaster is coming to the defense of an Upstate foster care agency that requires participating families to be Christian.McMaster issued an executive order... Read More
Trump’s Immigration Policy Pushing Children Into Foster Care | Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
The struggle to reunite a Congolese woman swept up in an immigration crackdown with her little girl — and to reunite countless families like them... Read More
America’s Foster Care System Is the Pipeline For Child Sex Trafficking
Here’s the ugly truth: most Americans who are victims of sex trafficking come from our nation’s own foster care system. It’s a deeply broken system... Read More
28-yr-old saves sister’s baby: 6 months later heart is broken by TV news
Everybody carries the weight of the things they’ve done in life. Most people will never show it, but inside they can so often be keeping... Read More
Darcy Olsen: Don’t let vulnerable children linger in foster care
As a foster parent for seven years, I’ve cradled the opioid crisis in my arms.With parents unwilling or unable to get clean, 50,000 newborns will... Read More
Colleges, Universities Should Be Pressured to Help Students in Foster Care – Youth Today
Fostering Success Michigan compiled information on which four-year colleges have campus-based support programs for students who experienced foster care, creating the National Postsecondary Support Map.... Read More
