Michelle Hayes, the director of foster care for the Children’s Home Association of Illinois, said this new law will build ...

House Bill 1248 would give foster parents priority for CCDF, a program child welfare advocates say is needed for foster ...

SPRINGFIELD — Jeanette Byrd went from grandmother to guardian when the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services ...

Every week on KVUE, we feature a different child in the Texas foster care system, in hopes of helping them get adopted by a ...

A Wichita nonprofit is taking steps to improve foster parent retention, as there are over 5,500 kids in foster care throughout the state.

Pritzker signed the Kinship in Demand Act, or KIND Act, at a ceremony at the Statehouse. The new law puts an obligation on the Department of Children and Family Services to use a “kin-first approach” ...

WRAL's revealing new documentary, "Broken: Foster Care in North Carolina," premieres Thursday. The documentary exposes ...

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 ...