May 13 Foster children, caretakers face new pressures amid coronavirus By Elana Schor, Associated Press Foster children have enormous challenges even in the best of times. The coronavirus pandemic threatens them with even greater turmoil, isolating them from adult supervisors and friends and making it harder to move on to new lives — either with biological or… Continue reading
Jan 24 Tennessee governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Tennessee has become the latest to assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they exclude LGBTQ families and others based on religious beliefs. Continue reading
Nov 01 Trump rule would let faith-based groups exclude LGBTQ parents By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would allow faith-based foster care and adoption agencies to continue getting taxpayer funding even if they exclude LGBT families and others from their services based on religious beliefs. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 5:43 How much oversight do foster homes for migrant children have? A new investigation by the Associated Press and FRONTLINE finds allegations of physical and sexual abuse for some migrant children who are moved into government-funded foster care after they are separated from their families. Jeffrey Brown talks to the AP’s… Continue watching
Feb 21 5 overlooked politics stories that are worth your time By Saher Khan The 24-hour news cycle is filled with political coverage, but not everything gets the attention it deserves. Here are five politics stories you may have missed in the past week. Continue reading
Dec 07 These states are helping former foster youth navigate college By Teresa Wiltz, Stateline At a time when many parents help their children navigate every twist and turn of their academic lives, former and current foster youth have a particularly difficult path. If they don’t have a parental figure to guide them, they’re often… Continue reading
Aug 20 Opioid crisis strains foster care system; programs aim to keep kids with mom By Michael D. Regan and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News One Kentucky program is eyed by other jurisdictions as a way to get addicted parents into recovery and help them care for their children at home. Continue reading
Jul 30 Trump’s travel ban keeps orphan kids from U.S. foster families By Eileen Knickmeyer, Associated Press A small, three-decade-old U.S. program for so-called unaccompanied refugee minors has been halted by a series of new refugee bans and travel limits imposed by the Trump administration. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 7:33 The foster father who cares when terminally ill kids have no one By PBS News Hour Mohamed Bzeek has become somewhat of a local hero in Los Angeles, taking on a life mission that few others would consider: as a foster parent who cares solely for terminally ill children. Special correspondent Gayle Tzemach Lemmon meets Bzeek,… Continue watching
Oct 07 These states are struggling with a drug addiction-fueled crisis in foster care By Teresa Wiltz, Stateline In many states in the East and parts of the Midwest, addiction to opioid painkillers and heroin is helping to drive the crisis in foster care. In other parts of the Midwest and in the West, abuse of methamphetamines is. Continue reading