Over winter break, Starlin Maier ran out of food. Maier, an 18-year-old with pastel streaked hair and a love for ...

For the first time since 2009, licensed foster families in Arizona are receiving a pay raise. It's a move state leaders say ...

There's a growing move to end what some call "the orphan tax" and stop states from taking benefit checks from children and ...

Last year, Mountain State Spotlight investigated the beleaguered system and found that overburdened case workers can mean kids getting few services offered to them once they are in the system, whether ...

Republican senator steps up complaints about Trump’s stances Tesla dealership arsonist learns prison sentence after pleading ...

The Trump administration told states to stop a practice that involves children in foster care losing their Social Security ...

The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $85 million, triggering ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs is increasing foster care payments by 50% for families caring for children ages 6 and older to address a critical shortage of foster homes ...

More than half of the childcare providers in Missouri are scrambling after the federal government paused payments to the ...

The change comes after the DHS recently authorized reductions to child care subsidies for school-age children that were ...

A Private Life follows renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner as she delves into the mysterious death of one of her patients.