A pair of sick foster parents allegedly beat their 3-year-old “special needs” foster daughter to death after meting out months of abuse because the girl would cry and take too long to chew her ...

According to the state, West Virginia has more than 6,000 children in foster care, who are available for adoption. But that gets more difficult as kids get older.

A bill that would overhaul North Carolina's troubled child welfare system is drawing praise from many stakeholders, but some adoption advocates say it could destabilize adoptive families.

The Optimist He was homeless as a child. He’s now fostered 47 children. Peter Mutabazi has adopted three children and is in the process of adopting three more.

EDITORIAL The whole point of foster care is to keep kids safe. So DCF maltreatment reports should set off alarms. While still rare, maltreatment of children in state care is concerning.

Inspired Life They wanted to foster a child. Overnight, they got 3: ‘Can we do this?’ “These kids needed a place to live, and they needed to be together,” said PJ McKay, who documents his ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Putting the needs of foster children first is what some lawmakers say is the heart of a bill that aims to minimize foster care children from being bounced back and forth ...

Child advocates work tirelessly to improve care for victims and survivors of human trafficking who are also living in foster care.

Adam Burkhammer HB 2027, which aims to reduce the number of times a foster child is moved from family to family, passed the house with a 97-2 vote with one absence.

St. Joseph's Children's Home and Wednesday's Child hosted a conference to help find homes for Kentucky's foster children. It is the first "Explore" foster care conference in Kentucky.

The 40-year-old woman charged in a foster child's death after he was left unattended in a vehicle went out to check on him several times, according to prosecutors.