foster care

Young men and women enter adulthood carrying confusion and pain, often mistaking control for love, writes Timothy Evans.

Trauma can cause you to think differently and react to things differently — and a lot of people misunderstand this, writes Aleesha German.

By BJ Walker Despite decades of reform efforts in child welfare, justice for too many families remains elusive. We design programs, revise policies, and expand services without offering families a way to stand honorably inside their interactions with the system.

Allen was 13 when he dialed 911 for help. He found his mother, Rut, unconscious and shaking, and he immediately called for an ambulance.

In Sacramento, cultural brokers mediate between child welfare officials and the families they have the power to separate. The goal is to keep families together and prevent Black children from entering foster care.

After state denies wrongdoing, case continues over formerly homeless Georgia mom billed $13,000 for her kids in foster care.

The Trump administration has told at least five states to “review and, where necessary, amend” policies that require foster parents to affirm the gender identity of foster youth, documents obtained by The Imprint confirm. 

A state committee has been investigating the crisis of parents who relinquish kids when they can't get adequate mental health treatment.

For years, the belief was that only 3% of foster youth graduate from college. New research finds the rate is much higher, but still reveals "large gaps."