In the weeks after the brutal slaying of Emily Pike, the 14-year-old San Carlos Apache girl who went missing from a group home in Mesa, some child welfare experts say the system meant to protect ...

In her budget proposal released last week, Gov. Katie Hobbs is asking for tens of millions of dollars to take care of Arizona’s foster children and prepare them for life when they leave the system.

DAYTON — The Dayton area has more foster group homes than anywhere else in Ohio. And the impact on the Miami Valley is a growing crisis. The News Center 7 I-Team’s lead investigative reporter, John ...

Laura Hutton has taken in everyone from a baby born weighing a pound and a half to a pregnant teenager, children whose needs ranged from feeding tubes to mental health therapy. With a background as a ...

Two Montgomery County lawmakers introduced a bill that aims to create new standards for group homes that house foster children statewide. State Reps. Andrea White, R-Kettering, and Phil Plummer, ...

The residential care facility operated by the child-welfare organization JCCA in Mt. Pleasant, NY. Like many such group homes, it is now handling children with far greater behavioral and mental health ...

Children in the foster care system with severe behavioral health issues and trauma are often treated in group homes that specialize in individualized care. In at least two states, there is space at ...

Alex J. Adams is the assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families. At the Administration for Children and Families, we are answering this call through “A Home for Every Child,” ...