foster parents

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.

Appealing placement decisions to the Kansas Court of Appeals would mark a new, controversial step.

A measure to establish paid parental leave for state employees is making its way through the Texas Legislature. It’s authored by a Republican and co-authored by several Democrats.

The SOUL Family program is specially designed to help older foster youth who are aging out of care.

Black children are overrepresented in the foster care system, and that has created a demand for more Black foster parents to give kids a more familiar environment after being taken from their biological families.

Oklahoma has had the largest increase in foster homes in the nation over the past five years, according to a new study. As KFOR reports, the study—the…

Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday signed a bill creating a task force to examine the Kansas foster care system. The number of children in the Kansas foster...

Editor’s note: Kansas privatized its foster care system in 1997 after a lawsuit revealed widespread problems. Twenty years later, the number of Kansas...

The Kansas House gave preliminary approval Friday to a bill creating a task force that will recommend improvements to the foster care system. The House...