Foster and adoptive parents are hoping to help other families navigate the challenges of caregiving with their new nonprofit, Steadfast Foster and Adoptive Support. Launching in September, the ...

Single people who want to foster or adopt a child for a wide variety of reasons, but there might be some misconceptions about their resources and capabilities as caregivers In fact, single people have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cozy Dietrich (center) with his adoptive parents Anna and Tim Dietrich after his adoption hearing in Little Rock on Aug. 25, 2025.

More than 7,000 children are currently in foster care throughout Illinois, according to data from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. With so many kids entering the system each ...

Child welfare advocates say Kansas foster care regulations unintentionally tear families apart. State law forced one family ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A group of children in local foster care are being adopted during a national celebration. Eighteen kids in foster care in Rockford will join their forever families when their ...

I’M SHAQUILLE LORD. TODAY I’M JOINED BY TWO VERY SPECIAL GUESTS, MARIANNE WEISE AND KELLY PULLEN. THEY’RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPLORE FOSTER CARE CONFERENCE THAT’S HAPPENING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH.

Under Alaska law, adoption ends the legal relationship between children and birth families — including siblings. Foster youth ...