Dr. John DeGarmo, founder/director of The Foster Care Institute and a leading foster care expert. The foster care system continues to struggle in so many ways. Foster care expert Dr. John DeGarmo ...

More than 20 years ago, the journal of the Child Welfare League of America devoted an entire issue to the problem of children ...

CHARLESTON — Attorneys representing children in West Virginia’s foster care system said the state is actively hiding behind privileges meant to shield leaders of executive branch departments and their ...

Elisa W. was removed from her home at four years old. Now 16, she has been sexually and physically abused over the 12 years she’s spent in foster care. She now suffers from depression, bipolar ...

Kansas Department for Children and Families secretary Laura Howard speaks at a May 14, 2024, celebration of new legislation to expand placement options for teens in foster care. (Sherman Smith/Kansas ...

A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by foster children in 2019 against the state that sought to mandate changes in the troubled system. West Virginia foster care, which has been ...

Legislative Senior Adviser Jeremiah Samples listens during a September 2022 meeting of the Post Audits Subcommittee. (Photo courtesy of WV Legislative Photography) CHARLESTON — The deposition of a ...

The West Virginia Department of Human Resources, located at One Davis Square in Charleston, W.Va. (Lexi Browning | West Virginia Watch) Under Gov. Patrick Morrisey, the state has spent more than ...

Kansas kids in foster care still face severe placement instability despite some marginal improvements to the state system. An audit by the Center for the Study of Social Policy reviewed the state’s ...

A spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Human Services said the contract cancellations are the result of problems at the federal level combined with a growing state budget deficit. Advocates say ...

A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by foster children in 2019 against the state that sought to mandate changes in the troubled system. West Virginia Watch is part of States Newsroom ...