There are fewer kids in foster care in Ohio than there have been in almost a decade. But that doesn’t mean the state is getting a break on costs.

“And of course, we see many, many of them sink,” said Thomas Lee, chief executive officer of First Place for Youth, an ...

Kaitlin Davis is a social worker in Oklahoma who drives close to nine hours round-trip in the flatlands to meet face-to-face with foster children. With a shortage of foster families, especially in ...