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

Advocates and opponents of school choice in Nebraska are gearing up for a legislative session featuring efforts to revive the ...

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

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.

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

Kansas lawmakers may change the definition of neglect in the foster care system. Their goal is to clarify that poverty ...

A Wichita nonprofit is taking steps to improve foster parent retention, as there are over 5,500 kids in foster care ...

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

Pritzker signed the Kinship in Demand Act, or KIND Act, at a ceremony at the Statehouse. The new law puts an obligation on the Department of Children and Family Services to use a “kin-first approach” ...