Foster Care

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."

A Minnesota foster youth report describes “a consistent lack of support for regular, ongoing contact with foster youths’ siblings.” 

Imprint reporter Susanti Sarkar shadows a frontline New York City CPS worker to see what happens after a hotline call comes in.

Evin Winkelman Richardson surveyed 80 caregiver couples across Georgia and found that the stronger their relationship, the more likely they would continue fostering.

By John Kelly Four months ago, the Trump administration released the long-delayed 2023 national data on foster care, featured for the first time in a new dashboard displaying far more details than annual reports of yore.