Sometimes people who spent time in foster care discover their Social Security benefits were taken only after they apply for benefits later as adults. Counties across Pennsylvania are taking millions ...

A foster parent is calling for changes within the Vance County Department of Social Services. It comes after the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services stepped in to take over child ...

A Kennesaw mother is suing Georgia, alleging the state unfairly charges impoverished parents for their children's foster care. State officials argue the mother failed to appear at a hearing and that ...

The safety net provided by foster parents is fragile, damaged and in jeopardy, Sen. Annette Dubas of Fullerton said in introducing a bill Tuesday to change the method of payment for caregivers of ...

Federal officials are urging 39 states, including Wisconsin, to quit hoarding federal benefits that are supposed to go to children in foster care, but that agencies instead take to help pay for their ...

Child advocates said the state is losing foster parents because they can’t afford it. A bill would increase daily funding for foster families by $5 per day. Experts said it would be a positive step ...

A brother and sister who endured years of sexual abuse in foster homes in the late 1960s and early 1970s will share a $19.5 million settlement from the state of New Jersey, their attorney announced ...

The state will pay $9 million to a Portland woman who said she was abused for years as a child in Washington's foster care system, adding to the growing number of payouts related to sexual assault in ...