Melissa Cabello Havrda is an attorney and former San Antonio City Council member representing District 6. Too often, when people hear the words "foster care," what comes to mind is failure. Families ...

Kanaiyah Ward's death prompted legislative changes to prevent children from being placed in unlicensed settings. The Department of Human Services had been placing children in hotels, offices, hospital ...

An insurance crisis continues to rattle California's foster care system, threatening to displace thousands of vulnerable ...

SAN ANTONIO – According to the Texas Foster Care and Adoption Services, there were over 17,000 children in the Texas foster care system in 2024. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ...

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 ...

Maryland’s beleaguered foster care system received approval Wednesday to spend almost $900 million to add more placements and strengthen standards of care for youth with the greatest health and ...

An estimated 100 foster youth in Washington's extended care will have their benefits placed into a tax-free savings account.

Ever wondered if foster care is for you? Whether you’re LGBTQ+, single, partnered or somewhere in between — the answer is simple: absolutely. Right now, roughly 10,000 children are in Michigan’s ...

According to the West Virginia Department of Human Services, as of January 2026, nearly 6,000 children are currently in the foster care system in West Virginia. These numbers account for both in-state ...