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

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

It makes me feel happy inside that the food I donated is helping people that need it more than me,” said 5th-grade student ...

A Dundee foster parent has been indicted on an array of charges after a second case of child abuse in under a year. Yates ...

Most everyone can acknowledge to some degree that screen time is a problem, especially for children. But now a new study points to smart phone usage and links it to ...

The preliminary examination for suspects Shuvonne Vinson, Gregory Callhan and Keith Finley will be held April 16.

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” ...

A Metro East attorney is preparing conditional guardianships for parents who are undocumented so if they are arrested and ...

As news of Bucks star Khris Middleton's trade to the Washington Wizards spreads across Milwaukee, many are calling him a champion on the court, and in the community. The trade comes after Middleton ...

Jessica Nelson is worried about burnout. Working a 24-hour job with a break equivalent to a day and half per week, the adult foster home provider pleaded with North Dakota legislators Tuesday for a ...

The legislation gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility to certify relatives to become foster parents. It also puts an obligation on DCFS to use a ...