Advocates say that Trump Accounts for foster children may end up being helpful, as long as concerns about flexibility and ...

The initiative allows child welfare agencies to open savings accounts as stand-in guardians ...

Restore Network is a 12-year-old nonprofit supporting foster families in southern Illinois. Although it is not a placement or ...

I've spent over four decades in courtrooms watching an American tragedy continue to unfold. Children—some barely old enough to speak—face the traumas of abuse, neglect, removal from their natural ...

A longstanding practice of using a child’s federal survivor and disability benefits to defray the cost of foster care is under scrutiny in Congress and statehouses. James Wood was 14 when his mother ...

With President Donald Trump’s launch of Trump Accounts this week, Gov. Jeff Landry announced federal survivor benefits owed ...

A local child welfare organization is asking the community to start thinking about Christmas a little early.

For Lindy and Brian Wynne, being foster parents was the first step in their parenthood journey. The Wynnes, who are now the parents of three adopted children, embody the adage from Ignatian ...

Ted Hudacko’s fate was sealed when his son’s court-appointed counsel, Daniel Harkins, wrote in his notes, “[t]hese parents have a choice, they can either continue to believe that they should be in ...