Faith-based mental health agency Encompass Christian Counseling is building a new facility in Jackson Township to meet ...

Discover the rewarding experience of fostering children in need. Learn how families like the Smalls are making a difference ...

CJ Nwasike, Policy and Research Trainee and Mental Health Nurse explores the role clinicians can play in supporting ...

What we're concerned about most,” one child welfare advocate said, “is that it seems like the state is taking a hands-off ...

Governor Brad Little has signed Senate Bill 1208, allocating $23 million to bolster Idaho's foster care system. The funding ...

Nearly one in four New York City foster youth is prescribed psychotropic medication, raising concerns about oversight and overmedication.

Foster youth are frequently put on psych meds, an Imprint investigation reveals. State agencies are dropping the ball on ...

Hawthorne’s experience reflects a tragic twist on the way many families experience the child welfare system. Nationally, only ...

The legislation would increase state oversight of local social services departments' work on foster care and find placements more quickly.

Kiri Pritchard-McLean has had to keep her stand-up career very separate from her life as a foster carer. But now she can ...

Former Gov. Tom Wolf created a child advocate role in 2019 to prevent abuse in state facilities, but its lack of legal ...

A bill currently moving through the state house aims to improve foster care and adoption in North Carolina. House Bill 612 is ...