Torn apart in foster care, the consequences of family separation rippled through the lives of Amy and her sisters – and then ...

What Is Respite Foster Care? Respite foster care is a program where a foster parent or family may temporarily take in a foster child so the child’s primary foster parents can take a break.

Family members who take in a relative's kids face unique challenges. Often, they do so without financial, educational and medical support.

“We’re in foster care because we don’t have someone who loves us,” said the girl, whom the Bay Area News Group is not naming because she is a minor. Ever since she moved back in with the ...

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 ...