Magic can happen when a family chooses to gather and celebrate together. More family members can mean more magic. Fostering children and adopting bring more people and joy to the gathering. Butler ...

One Simple Wish is a nonprofit that grants wishes for children and families impacted by foster care. Danielle Gletow founded the organization in 2008 after becoming a foster parent. She said she began ...

Massachusetts will no longer require prospective foster parents to affirm gender ideology in order to qualify for fostering ...

The emergency amendment comes after DCF's federal regulator, the Administration for Children and Families, announced an ...

Massachusetts officials removed controversial language that required foster parents to “affirm” the LGBTQIA+ identity of children in their care. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative ...

Nebraska will become the first state in the nation to implement federal Medicaid work requirements, with enforcement ...

Colorado needs more families to open their homes to children who need a safe place to stay. One couple decided to care for ...

Despite federal law and due process rights, most children taken into foster care on an 'emergency' basis, without judge's ...

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 Cheviot foster mother is accused of severely malnourishing her 9-year-old non-verbal, autistic foster child. Kelly Lewis, 52, is charged with felony child endangering after the child lost about 14% ...

The Wisconsin Humane Society is asking for the public’s help in the wake of an unprecedented intake of animals.. On Friday alone, 121 cats and kittens came in as surrenders or strays. WHS is currently ...