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By: Charlotte Hilton Andersen

While adopting an older child may pose some unique challenges, it also offers some very special blessings, as these families can attest.

By: Rebecca Masterson

In April of this year, police in Wichita, Kansas responded to a domestic disturbance call at the mobile home where two-year-old Zaiden Javonovich lived. Brandi and Patrick, Zaiden’s parents, were not strangers to the police. In fact, during the prior few months, law enforcement received twenty-two 911 calls about this couple.

By: Rebecca Masterson

Parental consent is required before a student can be evaluated for special education. Children in foster care suffer due to the inability to reach their parents.

Georgia's bill put some limits on kinship preference, a principle allowing blood relatives to take kids out of stable homes.

By: Rebecca Masterson

I met Isaac when he was moving into a new group home for teens in foster care. He was 16, and this house was his 42nd placement.

By: Rebecca Masterson

A school can’t give a child special education services without parental approval. For children in foster care, this is often a barrier to an appropriate education.

Federal law requires states to protect drug-exposed babies after they leave the hospital. That effort is failing.

By: Darcy Olsen

This year, an estimated 18,000 American children will disappear, but their families will not be looking for them. Neighbors will not canvas the streets. Our Facebook feeds will not show their pictures. And after six months, the records of their existence may close entirely.

Recognizing that stability and family are critical to a child’s well-being, the Department of Child Safety (DCS) must work to find permanent homes for children under three years of age within one year.

Arizona foster care safety bill protects drug-exposed children and the best interests of children.

Governor Ducey signs bill that requires Arizona courts to take action faster to provide permanent homes for substance-exposed infants.

By: NR Symposium

It's National Foster Care Month. How can we make a National Foster Care Month matter? What should we be making a priority? Who should be making it a priority?