Foster care recruitment is in a "much better place" than it has been in a "long time", the assistant director of the Isle of ...

A new Illinois law aims to help connect kids in foster care with their family members, and give them the support they need.

Michelle Hayes, the director of foster care for the Children’s Home Association of Illinois, said this new law will build ...

House Bill 1248 would give foster parents priority for CCDF, a program child welfare advocates say is needed for foster ...

Every day, across Virginia and the United States, thousands of families are torn apart — not because of neglect or abuse, but ...

Ashley and Joshua Drew admitted they locked a 16-year-old boy in his bedroom and withheld food. The boy lost mobility in his legs and was severely underweight at 76 pounds.

WARNING: This story contains details about child pornography and sexual abuse.A 37-year-old Brandon man is facing charges ...

SPRINGFIELD — Jeanette Byrd went from grandmother to guardian when the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services ...

The project is part of a larger plan to redevelop land into Olmsted Village, an intergenerational neighborhood offering ...

Maine DHHS' response to a public records request makes it difficult to know how much the agency owes day cares for delayed ...

A second person has died from their wounds in the mass shooting at a warehouse in New Albany, Ohio, late Tuesday that led to ...

Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Illinois Gov.