Foster care

NBA player Moe Harkless has donated $50,000 to support young adults in NYC who are transitioning out of foster care.

Three U.S. lawmakers penned a letter asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate Ma'Khia's time as a ward of the state under the jurisdiction of Franklin County Children Services.

Authorities plan to ban restraints in youth facilities in response to the death of 16-year-old Cornelius Frederick.

Tiffany Haddish has teamed up with the nonprofit Ready to Succeed to launch an internship program for foster youth.

10-year-old Chelsea Phaire is creating art kits for children living in homeless shelters amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A teenage mother bounced from home-to-home but remained focused on earning her college degree. She credits the support from a college diversity program for her success.

Four brothers are now able to grow up together after two neighbors made the decision to adopt the boys to avoid splitting them apart.

Nebraska native Brandon Weathers was sentenced to serve between 100 and 160 years in prison for raping his foster child and claiming she impregnated herself with a syringe.

A lawyer for the 16-year-old student at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina who was seen in a viral video being flipped over in her desk by a school resource officer, says the girl suffered injuries from the attack and lives in foster care.

TROTWOOD, Ohio — As a child, Adrian McLemore was a troubled little soul who spent much of his time exploding in confusion and rage — acting up in school, running away from home. At 6, he nearly set the house on fire. At 7, his mother — raising him and his two sisters alone in […]