foster care

Substance abuse contributes to around 13% of Kansas children entering foster care. Now, Kansas is testing a new Family Treatment Court in rural counties that will help parents complete addiction treatment and reunite with their kids.

More than 800 youth this year have spent time in unlicensed placements throughout Texas.

Lawyers for the state’s foster care system tried to fend off contempt complaints stemming from alleged failures to observe several court orders from federal court monitors and plaintiffs in a case that stretches back 12 years.

Cornerstones of Care has had 17 kids sleep in a new shelter. The agency says it's an improvement over an office stay, but it's at a campus that critics call "grim.”

Kansas was one of the first states in the country to access federal Family First prevention money. Programs it is funding have spent years growing.

Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators is needed.

Problems with foster care agencies was a common reasons parents stopped fostering.

Expectations of a newly fired-up state defense were largely muted in Tuesday's foster care hearing.

Geary County Secure Care can be ‘the last hope for these youth.’ But others say the jail-like facility only makes things worse.

After several years of collaborative state agencies, a federal judge said recent filings and objections signal a more defiant stance in foster care litigation.