Last week, in the state’s second highest court, the board moved to deny Gloria and Dick Combs’s dearest desire—to adopt their foster child, a gay, elfin four-year-old. The board’s reason ...

Kimberly and Coleman Jenkins Highlight Their 14 Years of Fostering with National Center for Children and Families on Good ...

I was a teenager in my neon green jumpsuit, thrust from foster child to foster mother in the ... some harsh character defect or that I'm not a good person. But I'm fulfilled with the richness ...

Last year, there were about 2,400 children referred to a foster home, compared to only about 1,700 licensed foster families.

and so HHS and service agencies have a duty to check in with foster parents and youth to ensure a placement is a good fit and provides a safe environment for the child. "I'm very concerned that ...