Zirkel, CC BY 4.0. A New York bill passed by both houses of the Legislature seeks to shorten the time state and city agencies ...

The process to award last year’s federal youth justice grants is finally underway, but a shutdown could halt it again ...

Kinship caregiver Denita Simmons, seen in 2018 with her godsons Emari’ay and Xavier, is one of the growing ranks of Washington grandparents, aunts, uncles and close family friends who have stepped in ...

Minnesota’s family courts must now review more timely and detailed plans for all foster youth as they approach age 18.

Sacramento State University President Luke Wood was adopted out of foster care as a kid. Now he makes the campus welcoming ...

In Ramsey County — in exchange for lesser charges and a possible clean record — some teenagers can now turn to restorative ...

Washington's well-regarded Early Childhood Education and Assessment Program (ECEAP) endures cuts amid a multi-billion-dollar ...

Earlier this year, a coalition of federal lawmakers re-introduced longstanding legislation that would create a federal commission to develop reparations proposals for Black descendants of enslaved ...

On this week’s episode we talk to Gretchen Sisson, a sociologist studying abortion and adoption. Sisson’s research on mothers who choose to relinquish their rights into private adoptions led to her ...

Imagine a 12-year-old girl arriving alone at the U.S. border, desperate for safety. She is fleeing a gang member in Central America who had raped her and was threatening her with death unless she ...

Los Angeles County may be on the verge of settling a lawsuit brought by the family of Gabriel Fernandez, the 8-year-old Palmdale boy who was beat to death by his mother and her boyfriend in 2013.