A California summer camp for foster youth, Happy Trails for Kids, is set to triple its camp capacity in a permanent site.

Higher education difficulties among foster youth can be due to lack of help navigating the academic world, writes Cherokee ...

Supporters of Rais the Age law say funds haven't been spent on prevention, while opponents want to charge more youth as ...

A look at some of the people who are least temporarily in charge of some key agencies and divisions on youth and family ...

As "Nickel Boys" contends for an Oscar, Prof. Kaniqua Robinson talks about race, memory and the legacy of the Dozier School.

Embracing positive youth justice may require a shift in thinking for some, but we must be serious enough about safety to ...

Swift deportation leaves a family separated, with 8-and 14-year-old boys still in Arizona, and a community working to connect ...

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) have reintroduced a pair of bills that would fund pre- and post-adoption services and help states avoid the rehoming of adopted children. The ...

Youth outside Minnesota’s state Capitol during a 2023 rally in support of trans rights. Photo by Nadia Shaarawi. Amid the barrage of White House directives over the past month, the executive order ...

When child welfare systems are scrutinized in the wake of lawsuits and investigations, the path to reform is often dictated by measurable outcomes such as caseload sizes, placement stability, health ...

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