foster care

A nationwide decline in foster home spots has led to dire situations around the country. In rural northeastern Nevada, officials resorted to housing children in casino hotels for short stints.

The Children's Network of Southwest Florida will expand services to Hillsborough and replace Eckerd Connects. It's the second time in recent months that the state chose an agency from outside the Tampa Bay area to run child welfare in the region.

Listen: In this interview, Glen Casel, CEO of the nonprofit Embrace Families, talks about how the pandemic has slowed adoptions and placements.

Other states have taken similar action to help those who are transitioning out of state custody during the health crisis.

A series of bills about the foster care system is moving through the Florida Legislature. Rebekka Behr is focused on the Foster Youth Bill of Rights,...

A potential class-action lawsuit filed this week alleges Florida did not properly determine whether Medicaid beneficiaries could continue qualifying for…

Jordan Belliveau would have celebrated his third birthday on Monday. Instead, the toddler died in September. He was just two when police say his mother,...

An analysis of state child welfare records shows that thousands of foster children in Florida have led transient lives, staying just a few nights in one...

Florida’s foster kid population is growing at an alarming rate. That’s part of what will be discussed during an upcoming webinar.