foster children

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.

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

Siding with a woman whose children were placed in foster care, an appeals court Friday said the Florida Department of Children and Families cannot provide…

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,...

Partners across the state are recognizing May as National Foster Care Month in Florida . The state has about 5,400 licensed foster homes, and there’s a...

Florida foster care providers are struggling to keep up with the number of children entering the system as a result of opioid-related deaths.

As the opioid epidemic swells the tide of abused and neglected children coming into the state foster-care system, a Florida judge is trying to find them...

Changes to Florida’s child-welfare system, sponsored by Rep. Cyndi Stevenson (R-St. Augustine), are finally law after two years of debate in Tallahassee...

The federal agency has given the Florida Department of Children and Families 90 days to devise a plan to improve care for foster children.The Department…