SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — A group of mostly former foster kids published a book on what works in foster care and what doesn’t, as they share their stories and start a conversation on alternative ways to ...

More than 600,000 children move through the U.S. foster care system in a single year, according to the most recent numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Children's Bureau. The ...

Editor’s note • To protect Ellie’s privacy, as well as her family’s, only their first names are used. Being adopted from foster care at the age of 19 gave me my life back — but I wouldn’t wish the ...

For a child in foster care, life can be a roller coaster. Packed with twists and turns, and ups and downs, the foster care roller coaster is more terror than thrills ...

Each year, over 20 thousand foster youth age out of care at 18 years old. While testifying before Congress, one former foster youth said, “When I graduated high school, the adults I relied on vanished ...