Act would allow the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, a new law aimed at helping grandparents and other ...

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

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 ...

One part of foster care and adoption is about to get easier. On Wednesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that aims to ...

A family fights for custody of their nephew that was placed with a foster family within 72 hours of him being taken away.

Foster Care in North Carolina" examines the tragic deaths of Blake and London Deven, highlighting critical failures in the state's foster care system.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services and Lutheran Services Carolinas report a community issue in the lack of foster homes in the new year. The department reports 3,253 children in care ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A former firefighter and foster parent from Maumee who the FBI said admitted to committing sexual acts against young children was sentenced in his federal case on Thursday.

After a six-year long legal battle, a court in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo has authorized a child to be officially registered as the child of three fathers and one mother. Ana Paula ...

How Is RFK Jr. Related to JFK? RFK Jr. is the nephew of late President John F. Kennedy and one of eleven children of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy Sr. Who Is RFK Jr.’s Current Wife? RFK Jr. has ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — Can a computer learn a language the way a child does? A recent study sheds new light on this question. The researchers advocate for a fundamental revision of how artificial ...